Well, of course he did
/A transgender swimmer obliterated the competition while winning five races at a recent national championship meet — which a high-profile critic likened to a “real-life South Park episode.”
Ana Caldas dominated the five individual events she [sic] entered in the women’s 45-49 age group division in the U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship last weekend in San Antonio, Texas.
[Question: can a 25-year-old male also self-identify as a 49-year-old woman, or is biological age immutable? Asking for a friend]
The swimmer — who was born biologically male — smashed other competitors in the 50- and 100-yard breaststroke races by a whopping four seconds.
In the 100-yard freestyle event, he finished three seconds ahead of the next swimmer.
Footage circulating on social media showed Caldas far ahead of the women in his category as he easily secured one of his many gold medals — quickly sparking outrage.
“He won them all,” collegiate swimming champion and women’s rights activist Riley Gaines tweeted, refusing to use Caldas’ preferred pronouns.
Another activist, Beth Bourne, ripped Caldas’ medal tally as “insanity.”
“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 said in an X post.
Meanwhile, an Independent Council on Women’s Sports spokesperson told Reduxx that Caldas’ wins were “absolutely insane” — especially for sprint races.
“He’s just laughing at these women,” the rep said.
And why shouldn’t he?
🚨Breaking🚨
— HeCheated.org (@hecheateddotorg) April 26, 2025
4/25 - A male athlete has taken 1st in the women's 50 yard breast stroke at the U.S. Masters Spring National Championships.
Earlier today, Ana C. Caldas (formerly Hugo Caldas) took first in the 45-49 masters category of the women's breast stroke at the U.S. Masters… pic.twitter.com/fO3YwwzUhB
Originally from Portugal, Caldas studied in Scotland where he participated in the Scottish Open Short Course National Championships as "Hugo" before moving to the United States to finish his graduate studies while participating on the Ohio Splash swim team (a gay swim club). https://swimscotland.co.uk/meets01/sc01meet.htm