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Kentucky AG urges NCAA to revise record books amid reversal of trans athlete policy

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman speaks in Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. Kentucky will distribute more than $12 million in the latest round of funding to groups at the front lines of combating drug addiction, Coleman said Thursday, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman speaks in Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. Kentucky will distribute more than $12 million in the latest round of funding to groups at the front lines of combating drug addiction, Coleman said Thursday, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is pressing for the NCAA to restore the titles and recognitions of women athletes he says were deprived of due to policies allowing "biological males" to compete.

In a statement, Coleman argues female athletes were denied records, titles, awards, and recognitions due to "unfair politics that let men invade women's sports and private spaces."

And Coleman is far from alone in pushing for the action. He's joining 26 other state attorneys general who are also asking the NCAA to reverse course.

Kentucky became a focus of the debate after University of Kentucky All-American swimmer Riley Gaines tied for fifth place against Lia Thomas, the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I swimming title.

The NCAA changed its policy in February to align with a Trump executive order. It now limits competition in women's sports to student-athletes assigned female at birth only. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee followed suit this week.

Opponents argue the policies are discriminatory and unnecessarily target a small group of athletes.