Trans-identifying swimmer Lia Thomas lost his legal challenge over rules that prevent transgender swimmers from competing in elite women’s races, including the Olympics.

Thomas mounted the legal challenge against World Aquatics earlier this year, reportedly with his eyes set on competing against women in the Olympics, but in a ruling released Wednesday, the Court for Arbitration of Sport dismissed Thomas’ request for arbitration, Fox News reported. World Aquatics, which is recognized by the International Olympic Committee, banned male swimmers from competing in women’s swimming in 2022, creating an “open” category for trans swimmers.

“The panel concludes that [Thomas] lacks standing to challenge the policy and the operational requirements in the framework of the present proceeding,” the court said.

According to the ruling, USA Swimming granted Thomas’ request for “self-identity verification,” but the judges said USA Swimming had no authority to grant Thomas that request and “modify such scope of application” of the world governing body’s rules, the Associated Press reported.

World Aquatics said the court’s decision “is a major step forward in our efforts to protect women’s sport.”

“World Aquatics is dedicated to fostering an environment that promotes fairness, respect, and equal opportunities for athletes of all genders and we reaffirm this pledge,” the governing body added. “Our policies and practices are continuously evaluated to ensure they align with these core values, which led to the introduction of our open category. We remain committed to working collaboratively with all stakeholders to uphold the principles of inclusivity in aquatic sports and remain confident that our gender inclusion policy represents a fair approach.”

Thomas, a former UPenn swimmer, was cast into the spotlight in 2022 after winning the NCAA Division 1 championship in the 500-yard freestyle. Shortly after his championship, Thomas told “Good Morning America,” “It’s been a goal of mine to swim at Olympic trials for a very long time, and I would love to see that through.”

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The court’s dismissal of Thomas’ challenge comes just a few days before the U.S. Olympic swimming team trials kick off in Indianapolis. The 2024 Summer Olympics begin on July 26 in Paris.

Ariana Grande finally broke her silence about the allegations revealed on the “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” docuseries and admitted she’s “upset.”

Speaking on Penn Badgley’s “Podcrushed” podcast, the 30-year-old singer said she’s still “reprocessing” her experience from that time when she was on Nickelodeon TV on “Victorious” from 2010-2013 and “Sam & Cat,” Page Six reported.

Grande spoke about looking back at the things she was told to say and do on the show — things that now seem different watching the clips.

“Specifically about our show, I think that was something that we were convinced was the cool thing about us — is that we pushed the envelope with our humor,” the singer said.

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“And the innuendos were … it was, like, the cool differentiation,” she added. “And I don’t know, I think it just all happened so quickly, and now looking back on some of the clips, I’m like, ‘Damn, like really? Oh, sh*t.’ Like, if I had a daughter… and then the things that weren’t approved for the network were snuck onto, like, our website or whatever.”

“I guess I’m upset, yeah,” Grande continued, noting how “devastating” it’s been to learn about what some of her colleagues went through.

At one point, the “thank u, next” hitmaker said environments where kids are going to be acting need to be “made safer” and that “there should be therapists.”

“I think there should be parents allowed to be wherever they want to be, and I think not only on kids’ sets,” she added. “If anyone wants to do this, or music, or anything at this level of exposure, there should be in the contract something about therapy is mandatory twice a week or thrice a week, or something like that.”

The comments come after clips went viral during the release of the docuseries that showed Grande from her time on the Nickelodeon shows doing things like attempting to milk a potato, sucking on her toe, and laying down on a bed pouring water all over herself, as previously reported.

Following the documentary’s release, former child star Drake Bell came forward and said he was the John Doe from a sexual abuse case from 2004 involving former Nickelodeon dialogue coach, Brian Peck. Peck pleaded no contest to the charges, was sentenced to 16 months in prison, and ordered to register as a sex offender, as The Daily Wire previously reported.

Docuseries contributors also spoke frequently about former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider, who they said perpetrated abuse by acting in a controlling manner and making sexually suggestive jokes, some of which were used in children’s programming. They also alleged that Schneider was filmed in a hot tub with then-16-year-old actress Amanda Bynes.

“I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology,” Schneider said in a statement following the release of the docuseries.

Schneider later filed a defamation lawsuit against producers of the series for implying he“sexually abused the children who worked on his television shows,” as previously reported.

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