“Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy tweeted, “My finals spot was stolen by Lia Thomas, who is a biological male.”
Social media posts
in a tweet from a hoax Twitter account. Claim dated 20 Mar 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 March 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 March 2022, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.ph/HhXog
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