White House Video: Women Athletes Welcome University of Pennsylvania Records Restoration and Title IX Changes
July 2, 2025 · The White House · 0:01:16
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What happened
The White House short video features women athletes speaking about competing against biological males. Paula Scanlan identified herself as a former swimmer from the University of Pennsylvania, and Riley Gaines as a swimmer at the University of Kentucky; other athletes in the video said they were permanently injured playing against a man in high school volleyball, forced to compete against a biological male on a middle school track team, and forced to compete against two biological males through all four years of high school, as they stated it. No official tracked by this site speaks in the video, so this page is tagged with no tracked official.
Scanlan said President Trump’s administration and the Department of Education got the University of Pennsylvania not just to apologize for what it did to her and other female athletes forced to compete against and alongside a male athlete, but also to change its policies and to take down his records from the board, which she called a great win, as she stated it. The White House description says that with support from Secretary McMahon, the university will restore female records, update its Title IX policies and apologize to women athletes, according to the upload.
Other athletes in the video said the stories brought tears to their eyes, expressed excitement for the announcement from Secretary McMahon and President Trump, thanked the administration for standing up so no other girl has to experience the same pain and heartbreak, and said they are fighting for the next generation, including one speaker’s daughter, as they stated it.
Why it matters
The video is the White House’s presentation of the University of Pennsylvania resolution — records restored, Title IX policies updated and an apology issued, per the upload’s description — told entirely through the affected athletes rather than by officials.
Sources: The White House, “TRUMP DELIVERS: Women Athletes Win Back Their Records—and Their Rights”, 2025-07-02 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-07-02). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.