Transgender Swimmer Ana Caldas Sweeps Five Events at National Meet, Sparks Backlash

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Transgender Swimmer Ana Caldas Sweeps Five Events at National Meet, Sparks Backlash

 

Transgender swimmer Ana Caldas claimed five major victories at the U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship held in San Antonio, Texas, last weekend, triggering a wave of controversy from women's sports advocates and activists. Caldas, who competed in the women’s 45-49 age group, won all five individual events she entered — doing so by margins that critics described as “unheard of” in competitive swimming.

 

 

Dominating the field, Caldas finished the 50- and 100-yard breaststroke races with a staggering four-second lead over the next closest swimmers. In the 100-yard freestyle, she pulled ahead by three full seconds. Videos shared on social media showed Caldas well in front of her competitors, easily securing gold in multiple races. The footage quickly fueled online criticism.

BREAKING: A trans woman just won 5 women’s swimming titles at the U.S. Masters Nationals in Texas.

Ana Caldas, formerly Hugo Caldas, swept all five events in the women’s 45–49 division—winning one race by 3 full seconds, a massive gap in elite swimming.

Caldas now holds:

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— The Report (@TheReportX) May 2, 2025

 

“He won them all,” tweeted Riley Gaines, a former collegiate swimming champion and vocal women’s rights activist, pointedly refusing to acknowledge Caldas’ preferred pronouns. “Real-life South Park episode,” Gaines added, referencing the satirical cartoon that has previously mocked issues around gender in sports.

 

 

Beth Bourne, another outspoken activist, called the results “insanity,” emphasizing just how rare such margins are in top-level sprint events. “Anyone who competes in swimming at the national level knows this is unheard of in a 50-yard race where wins are often measured in a tenth or a hundredth of a second,” Bourne posted on X.

 

Further backlash came from the Independent Council on Women’s Sports, which questioned the legitimacy of Caldas’ participation in the women’s division. A spokesperson for the organization, speaking to Reduxx, expressed frustration and disbelief over the results. “He’s just laughing at these women,” the spokesperson stated, echoing a sentiment shared by many critics who argue that transgender women retain a biological advantage over female athletes.

 

Ana Caldas’ wins have reignited the ongoing debate about fairness and inclusion in women’s sports. Supporters of transgender athletes argue for the importance of inclusivity and respect for gender identity, while opponents argue that allowing transgender women to compete in female categories undermines fairness and equal opportunity for cisgender women.

 

The controversy mirrors a broader cultural divide that continues to shape discussions in athletics, education, and public policy. While U.S. Masters Swimming, the governing body of the event, has not commented publicly on the uproar surrounding Caldas’ victories, the incident has added fuel to an already heated national conversation.

 

As debate continues, Caldas' success and the reaction it sparked underscore the unresolved tensions between inclusion and competitive equity — tensions that are increasingly playing out in swimming pools, track fields, and sports arenas across the country.

 

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[Tug]

That’s a dude I don’t care how he feels HE didn’t win anything and he should be run off.

[JonnyF]

I thought this had been banned?

 

Or are the Wokies ignoring rulings they disagree with again?

 

They should really remove him from the results and give the win to the second place finisher, assuming that wasn't a bloke as well. 

[Jim Blue]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

That’s a dude I don’t care how he feels HE didn’t win anything and he should be run off.

If you can catch him !

[ThreeCardMonte]

A bloke grows his hair and dons a woman’s swimsuit.

 

Then competes against biological women, and wins.

 

Not surprising in this upside down leftist world.

 

 

[BangkokReady]

3 hours ago, Social Media said:

Supporters of transgender athletes argue for the importance of inclusivity and respect for gender identity

 

So ruin it for everyone in order to make one person feel better?  What a wonderful progressive world these people want.

[henryford1958]

The other REAL women should make a stand and refuse to compete against men. This madness would end tomorrow.

[NE1]

I've always said , the real women in the race should all stand down and refuse to race in these events . Show a bit of solidarity Ladies.

[fredwiggy]

I should have thought about this when I was in my 40's. I could have let my hair grow, put on lipstick, called my self Louise and won all the Olympic Woman's weightlifting events.

[Gsxrnz]

This definition of post-modernism fully explains the new (un)reality. 

 

Many postmodernists hold one or more of the following views:

(1) there is no objective reality;

(2) there is no scientific or historical truth (objective truth);

(3) science and technology (and even reason and logic) are not vehicles of human progress but suspect instruments of established power;

(4) reason and logic are not universally valid;

(5) there is no such thing as human nature (human behavior and psychology are socially determined or constructed);

(6) language does not refer to a reality outside itself;

(7) there is no certain knowledge; and

(8) no general theory of the natural or social world can be valid or true (all are illegitimate “metanarratives”).

[quake]

Blokes, get out of women's sport.

Your a disgrace. 

[Tarteso]

  Easy eh ?, He, she or whatever, won because of his rudder..👎

[thesetat]

3 hours ago, Tug said:

That’s a dude I don’t care how he feels HE didn’t win anything and he should be run off.

Amazing you show this opinion. Perhaps one of the rare instances I agree with you. This MAN, albeit a wannabe woman, should never have been permitted to compete against other women. He has a clear and even visible advantage. They need to ban them and make an inclusive LGBT+++ sports events rather than allowing them to compete against real men and women thus giving them the advantage. 

[thesetat]

1 hour ago, BangkokReady said:

 

So ruin it for everyone in order to make one person feel better?  What a wonderful progressive world these people want.

To think this was how the Dems thought they could win the elections.