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22 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
With the current Lia Thomas controversy raging, time to re-up this piece about East German cheating in the 1976 Olympic women’s swimming competition.

plus ca change…
4thwavenow.com/2018/04/15/sur…
It’s encouraging that the Editor in Chief of @SwimmingWorld mag recognizes that what Thomas is doing is tantamount to doping. In his piece, he invokes Shirley Babashoff—a hero who took a lot of heat for speaking up about the East German scandal.
This tweet by Shirley is 5 years old, but very relevant today. Thank you, @SBabashoff
From our piece: it’s not a trivial matter for women athletes to push back, as “Surly Shirley” did all those years ago. They pay a huge price. But it’s the only way.

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Double standard alert.

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