WASHINGTON (TND) — Former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Paula Scanlan on Thursday said she is owed an apology after her former transgender teammate was ruled ineligible to compete against biological women in the Olympics this summer.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport this week dismissed a challenge by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas against World Aquatics, the governing body which banned transgender women from competing against biological women. Thomas had filed the challenge is hopes of being permitted to compete as a woman in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Reacting to the news, Scanlan said the ruling came far too late.

Scanlan testified before Congress in 2023 about her experience being forced to change clothes in a locker room with Thomas present.

“The university was gaslighting and fearmongering women to validate the feelings and identity of a male,” Scanlan said. “My teammates and I were forced to undress in the presence of Lia, a six-foot-four tall biological male, fully intact with male genitalia, 18 times per week. Some girls opted to change in bathroom stalls, and others used the family bathroom to avoid this.”

After Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., said the university should have erected barriers in the locker room to accommodate Thomas, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R- Fla., invited Scanlan to comment on whether or not that solution was sufficient.

“Why can’t we use the locker rooms we’ve always used, the men’s and the women’s?” she asked. “If you’re acknowledging that we need protection and privacy from these men, then you’re acknowledging that the locker rooms we’ve always used are the correct ones.”