{"id":2457588,"date":"2025-07-09T16:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simone-biles-attack-on-riley-gaines-backfires-again-a-month-later-more-girls-joining-the-fight\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T16:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:45:20","slug":"simone-biles-attack-on-riley-gaines-backfires-again-a-month-later-more-girls-joining-the-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simone-biles-attack-on-riley-gaines-backfires-again-a-month-later-more-girls-joining-the-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles&#8217; Attack on Riley Gaines Backfires Again a Month Later &#8211; More Girls Joining the Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fsimone-biles-attack-on-riley-gaines-backfires-again-a-month-later-more-girls-joining-the-fight%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=2457588&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>A group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-biological-males-are-just-taking-it-away-from-us-high-school-girl-athlete-blasts-biden-administration-for-abandoning-her-lawsuit\/\" title=\"\u2018These Biological ...s Are Just Taking It Away From Us\u2019: High School Girl Athlete Blasts Biden Administration For Abandoning Her Lawsuit\">high school female athletes<\/a> in Oregon, inspired by a public dispute between Olympic gymnast Simone biles and former college swimmer Riley Gaines, have taken legal action against their state over laws that allow transgender girls (biological boys identifying as girls) to compete in girls&#8217; sports.Athletes Maddie eischen, Sophia Carpenter, and others have refused to compete against male athletes posing as females, even forfeiting events like the Chehalem Classic meet.Gaines, a known advocate for fairness in women&#8217;s sports, encouraged the athletes to consider suing.The Biles-Gaines feud brought wider attention to the issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-the-german-police-video-without-pants\/\" title=\"Watch the German police video featuring officers without pants\">sparking public debate<\/a> and encouraging the girls to stand up for their rights.While facing challenges,these athletes continue to fight for fairness and equality in female sports competitions.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Acts of truth and courage tend to have a multiplier effect.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the acts themselves produce immediate good, and one never knows when they might inspire similar behavior in others.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/riley-gaines-simone-biles-feud-inspired-oregon-girls-sue-state-over-trans-athlete-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-national-champion-wrestler-joe-biden-is-letting-males-invade-young-girls-spaces\/\" title=\"... National Champion Wrestler: Joe Biden Is \u2018Letting ...s Invade Young ...\u2019 Spaces\u2019\">young female athletes<\/a> in Oregon has decided to defend their legal and moral rights after receiving inspiration from last month&rsquo;s viral spat between Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and former college swimmer Riley Gaines.<\/p>\n<p>High school track-and-field athletes Maddie Eischen, Sophia Carpenter, and others have sued the state of Oregon over laws that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >permit transgender athletes &#038;mdash<\/a>; boys pretending to be girls &mdash; to compete against actual girls.<\/p>\n<p>On April 18 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.athletic.net\/TrackAndField\/meet\/570595\/results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chehalem Classic<\/a>, held at Newberg High School in Newberg, Eischen, Carpenter, and others forfeited rather than compete against a male posing as a female.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/riley-gaines-gets-ultimate-vindication-3-years-later-transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-erased-record-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaines<\/a>, a prominent women&rsquo;s sports advocate, contacted the girls shortly thereafter and raised the possibility of suing the state.<\/p>\n<p>Then, last month, Biles and Gaines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/simone-biles-insults-riley-gaines-vile-remark-physical-appearance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">feuded publicly<\/a> over the latter&rsquo;s comments regarding a transgender softball pitcher in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>On the social media platform X, Biles called Gaines &ldquo;truly sick&rdquo; and insisted that the former swimmer should focus on &ldquo;a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a separate post, the gymnast told Gaines to &ldquo;bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To her credit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/simone-biles-apologizes-riley-gaines-responds-couple-things\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biles<\/a> later apologized for the attempt at body-shaming Gaines. The former swimmer accepted the personal apology while blowing holes in the gymnast&rsquo;s woke arguments.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Eischen and Carpenter watched the feud unfold and felt emboldened by the reactions of other X users.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think especially when Riley Gaines and Simone Biles, and that whole thing happened and kind of seeing how that played out and how the public responded, I think that was encouraging to see how many people are on the side of protecting women&rsquo;s sports,&rdquo; Carpenter told Fox.<\/p>\n<p>Eischen had a similar response.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All of the comments on Simone&rsquo;s post were very negative to her, I saw people that commented on it, and I liked it. But there was a lot of shock that she had even said that, and disappointment,&rdquo; Eischen said.<\/p>\n<p>Carpenter added that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wow-simone-biles-ex-teammate-yanks-curtain-back-gold-medalist-really-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biles<\/a>-Gaines feud helped draw attention to the travesty of males in female sports.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Your average American &hellip; I think a lot of people don&rsquo;t pay as much attention to this issue, and I think that with that with the whole Simone Biles and Riley Gaines, with all that fallout, that definitely brought some more attention,&rdquo; Carpenter said. &ldquo;It kept it in the news cycle, it kept people looking and saying &lsquo;hey, there&rsquo;s this issue in girls&rsquo; sports that&rsquo;s happening a lot more than people think it is.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Eischen, a recent graduate, will have no more opportunities to compete in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/let-us-play-thousands-rally-at-michigan-state-capitol-over-high-school-winter-sports-ban\/\" title=\"\u2018Let Us Play\u2019: Thousands Rally At Michigan State Capitol Over High School Winter ... Ban\">high school athletics<\/a>. She will, however, play women&rsquo;s basketball at Oregon Tech beginning this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Carpenter, on the other hand, will return to Newberg High School and continue her athletic career.<\/p>\n<p>It will not be easy.<\/p>\n<p>As Carpenter explained in a video posted to X in April, shortly after forfeiting at the Chehalem Classic, girls do not have the option of withdrawing from every competition if they hope to attract attention from college recruiters.<\/p>\n<p>Still, she and three other girls found the courage to take a stand for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/upenn-must-apologize-females-forced-team-trans-swimmer-lia-thomas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fairness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Carpenter &mdash; a brave and impressive young student &mdash; also had the courage to tell the truth about what happened.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Four of us ended up dropping out of the competition,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;And then the male athlete won.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sophia Carpenter, a HS junior, refused to compete against a male athlete at a track meet in Oregon two weeks ago. She told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Outkick?\">@Outkick<\/a> that she was proud to take a stand, but can&rsquo;t afford to risk her athletic career by doing that every time. These girls are in a no-win situation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dm4m3Sl77m\">pic.twitter.com\/dm4m3Sl77m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Zaksheske (@RealDanZak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealDanZak\/status\/1916954814505722204?\">April 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One prays, of course, that Eischen, Carpenter, and their fellow plaintiffs succeed in their lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, schools and employers should fight to admit or hire young people of this caliber.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in part to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ways-jemele-hill-just-dead-wrong-riley-gaines-simone-biles-feud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaines<\/a>, the world now gets to see their courage on display.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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