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Seven-time Olympic golden medalist Simone Biles received harsh backlash connected societal media aft the gymnastics prima sparred with erstwhile 12-time NCAA All-American swimmer Riley Gaines implicit the statement surrounding transgender athletes competing successful girls’ and women’s sports.
Gaines, a former University of Kentucky swimmer and existent OutKick contributor and big of the "Gaines for Girls" podcast, took to X connected Friday to telephone retired the Minnesota State High School League for posting a representation of the caller authorities champions, Champlin Park High School.
Simone Biles of the United States celebrates aft winning golden successful the women’s gymnastics all-around during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games astatine Bercy Arena connected Aug. 1, 2024. (Kyle Terada-USA Today Sports)
The schoolhouse has made headlines due to the fact that its ascendant show connected the mode to the rubric crippled was led by inferior pitcher Marissa Rothenberger, a transgender jock competing connected the team.
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In effect to Gaines’ disapproval of the post, Biles posted a connection calling Gaines "truly sick" implicit her stance connected trans athletes. She adjacent launched a idiosyncratic onslaught astatine Gaines.
"You’re genuinely sick, each of this campaigning due to the fact that you mislaid a race. Straight up sore loser," Biles said, referencing Gaines competing against erstwhile UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas astatine the 2022 NCAA championships.
United States gymnast Simone Biles watches signifier earlier the crippled betwixt the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears astatine Soldier Field, connected Nov. 24, 2024. (Mike Dinovo-Imagn Images)
"You should beryllium uplifting the trans assemblage and possibly uncovering a mode to marque sports inclusive OR creating a caller avenue wherever trans consciousness harmless successful sports. Maybe a transgender class IN ALL sports!! But instead… You bully them… One things for definite is nary 1 successful sports is harmless with you around!!!!!"
The station went viral connected societal media, with Biles adding successful different post, "bully idiosyncratic your ain size, which would ironically beryllium a male."
But Biles, the astir decorated gymnast successful past – a feat she accomplished astatine the Paris Olympics, faced fierce backlash for her comments connected societal media.
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Many connected societal media besides pointed retired Biles' telephone for unfastened categories successful each sports.
In 2022, World Aquatics, the planetary governing assemblage for swimming, updated its eligibility argumentation to efficaciously prohibition transgender athletes from competing successful women’s events. The pursuing year, the enactment launched and debuted an unfastened class astatine the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup successful Berlin.
Simone Biles of the United States during the women’s squad last astatine the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games astatine Bercy Arena connected July 30, 2024. (Kyle Terada-USA Today Sports)
The enactment later confirmed that upon the adjacent of registration, nary entries had been received for the unfastened category.
Biles is an 11-time Olympic medalist. She holds 30 satellite title medals, including a grounds 23 gold. She has not responded connected societal media pursuing her archetypal posts aimed astatine Gaines.
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