On the coveted cover of the latest issue of Sports Illustrated magazine, there is a striking image of the swimmer Lia Thomas, ploughing her way through water, sleek and powerful.The 22-year-old American is the most controversial athlete in the world at the moment, making waves amid a passionate and polarising debate about whether she should be allowed to compete against biological females.'The very simple answer is that I am not a man,' she told the esteemed sports publication. 'I'm a woman — so I belong on the women's team.'
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