A Kentucky swimmer who tied with transgender UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas for fifth place in an NCAA championship has hit out at officials for telling her she would be mailed another trophy after it was given to Thomas, says that ‘most females are not okay with the trajectory of women’s sports.’

‘The majority of us female athletes, or females in general, really, are not okay with this, and they’re not okay with the trajectory of this and how this is going and how it could end up in a couple of years,’ Riley Gaines told Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn on her podcast ‘Unmuted with Marsha.’…

‘I touched the wall and saw there was a five by my name indicating that I got fifth… I also looked up, and I saw the number five by Lia’s name and so, in that moment, I realized we tied,’ Gaines said.

‘It was kind of like a flood of emotions. I was extremely happy for the girls above me who conquered what was seemingly impossible by beating Lia… I was shocked, really,’ she added.