{"id":2444613,"date":"2025-06-09T03:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T07:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-and-simone-biles-battle-on-social-media-over-transgender-athletes-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T03:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T07:21:45","slug":"riley-gaines-and-simone-biles-battle-on-social-media-over-transgender-athletes-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-and-simone-biles-battle-on-social-media-over-transgender-athletes-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Gaines and Simone Biles battle on social media over transgender athletes. &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Friley-gaines-and-simone-biles-battle-on-social-media-over-transgender-athletes-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2444613&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Olympic gymnast simone Biles and former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines recently engaged in a heated exchange on social media regarding transgender athletes. The dispute ignited when Biles criticized Gaines for her remarks about the Champlin Park High School softball team&#8217;s championship win, where Gaines alleged that a transgender girl was the star player. Biles described Gaines as &#8220;sick&#8221; and a &#8220;sore loser,&#8221; accusing her of bullying transgender athletes and advocating for inclusivity in sports.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines countered Biles&#8217;s comments by referencing a 2017 post where Biles acknowledged the biological advantages of males over females in sports,suggesting a contradiction in Biles&#8217;s stance.The back-and-forth included further posts from both parties, with gaines questioning how Biles could reconcile her previous stance with her current views.<\/p>\n<p>As of the latest updates, Biles had not responded to Gaines&#8217;s critiques or continued the dialog on social media.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Riley Gaines and Simone Biles battle on social media over transgender athletes.<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2141711\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Olympic gymnastics champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/simone-biles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Simone Biles<\/a> and former collegiate swimmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/riley-gaines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Riley Gaines<\/a> were involved in a war of words on X over the weekend regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">transgender<\/a> athletes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Biles, the most highly decorated gymnast in U.S. Olympic history, began the feud when she scolded Gaines for criticizing Minnesota&rsquo;s Champlin Park High School softball team, which won the 2025 Class AAAA state championship in the female sport, for having what Gaines claimed was a boy, who identified as a girl, as the team&rsquo;s star player.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3435118\/rioters-set-several-waymo-vehicles-on-fire-los-angeles\/\">Rioters set several Waymo vehicles on fire in Los Angeles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3435105\/greta-thunberg-aid-ship-redirected-to-israel\/\">Greta Thunberg aid ship redirected to Israel, foreign ministry says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3435098\/kamala-harris-condemns-national-guard-deployment-claims-la-protests-peaceful\/\">Kamala Harris condemns National Guard deployment, claims LA riots are &#8216;overwhelmingly peaceful&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Comments off lol,&rdquo; Gaines <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/riley_gaines_\/status\/1931057465887728023?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in an X post announcing the Minnesota softball team&rsquo;s championship announcement. &ldquo;To be expected when your star player is a boy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biles called the former NCAA swimmer &ldquo;sick&rdquo; and a &ldquo;sore loser.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Riley_Gaines_<\/a> You&rsquo;re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser. You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simone-biles-body-positivity-video-comes-back-to-bite-her-after-insulting-riley-gaines\/\" title=\"...&#039; &#039;Body Positivity&#039; Video Comes Back to Bite Her After Insulting ...\">make sports inclusive<\/a> OR creating a new avenue where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simone-biles-insults-riley-gaines-with-vile-remark-about-her-physical-appearance\/\" title=\"... Insults ... with Vile Remark About Her Physical Appearance\">trans feel safe<\/a> in sports. Maybe a transgender&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pjpzuZ0AlO\">https:\/\/t.co\/pjpzuZ0AlO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Simone_Biles\/status\/1931129527679308054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race,&rdquo; Biles <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/simone_biles\/status\/1931129527679308054?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a>. &ldquo;Straight up sore loser. You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports. Maybe a transgender category IN ALL sports!!&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But instead,&rdquo; Biles said, &ldquo;You bully them.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One things [sic] for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Biles then accused Gaines of bullying transgender athletes. In an additional post on X, the gymnast told Gaines to &ldquo;bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gaines responded in several posts on X, providing an analytical breakdown of Biles&rsquo;s comments. One included a post by Biles herself from October 2017 in which the gymnast appears to acknowledge that males have a biological advantage over females in athletic competitions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ahhhh good thing guys don&#8217;t compete against girls or he&#8217;d take all the gold medals !! &#129351; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gto13RzC8Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/gto13RzC8Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Simone_Biles\/status\/918328165478666240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Ahhhh good thing guys don&rsquo;t compete against girls or he&rsquo;d take all the gold medals,&rdquo; Biles said in the 2017 social media post.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3434025\/dnc-vote-david-hogg-fate-unites-incumbent-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DNC VOTE ON DAVID HOGG&rsquo;S FATE UNITES DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The irony of Biles&rsquo;s words from 2017 was not lost on Gaines. She commented about it, highlighting what she said felt was hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oop don&rsquo;t you hate it when your past self completely undermines your <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >current nonsensical argument<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>How has 2025 Simone reconciled with the fact 2017 Simone was a &#8216;truly sick bully&#8217; by her own standard? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aQjKuNSmMh\">https:\/\/t.co\/aQjKuNSmMh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1931706202913747115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Oop don&rsquo;t you hate it when your past self completely undermines your current nonsensical argument?&rdquo; Gaines <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/riley_gaines_\/status\/1931706202913747115?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked<\/a>. &ldquo;How has 2025 Simone reconciled with the fact 2017 Simone was a &lsquo;truly sick bully&rsquo; by her own standard?&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday night, Biles has not responded to any of Gaines&rsquo;s posts or made any other social media posts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2141711\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2141711\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riley Gaines and Simone Biles clash on social media over trans athletes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2444614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23109769968537-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37041,32317,56774,33412],"class_list":["post-2444613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-riley-gaines","tag-simone-biles","tag-social-media-debate","tag-transgender-athletes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23109769968537-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444613"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2444617,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444613\/revisions\/2444617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2444614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}