An imposter Twitter account posing as that of Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy was suspended from the service after tweeting criticism of transgender athlete Lia Thomas. This account did not belong to Gyorgy. While the aforementioned claim is false, Gyorgy did release a statement critical of the NCAA, which you can read in full below.
In March 2022, false rumors were circulated on social media that Reka Gyorgy, a collegiate swimmer from Virginia Tech, had been suspended from Twitter after she posted criticism of Lia Thomas, a University of Pennsylvania swimmer who became the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship when she finished the 500-yard freestyle in four minutes, 33.24 seconds.
While the above-displayed account displaying the handle @RekaGyorgy_ was truly suspended from Twitter, this account did not belong to the Virginia Tech swimmer. This was an imposter account that was posing as Gyorgy.
This fake account posted a message calling on women athletes to boycott sports until transgender athletes are banned. The message — which, again, did not come from Gyorgy — read: “My finals spot was stolen by Lia Thomas, who is a biological male. Until we all refuse to compete nothing will change. Thanks for all the support retweets and follows I wont stop fighting.”
When this account was banned for violating Twitter’s rules against impersonating real people, social media users falsely claimed that Gyorgy was being censored by big tech.
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