Riley Gaines
I am Open To Working W/ Simone Biles
… On Trans Sports activities Problem
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TMZSports.com
Riley Gaines and Simone Biles … working collectively?! Might occur, in response to the previous All-American swimmer herself, who tells TMZ Sports activities she’d “completely” be open to the thought.
In fact, this comes on the heels of the 2 athletes’ social media dust-up earlier this month … which culminated with the 7x Olympic gold medalist apologizing to the previous College of Kentucky swim star for likening her bodily stature to that of a person whereas the ladies debated trans athletes’ participation in youth ladies’ sports activities.
We spoke to Riley, a political activist and host of Outkick’s “Gaines For Ladies“ podcast, the place we requested her if she’d be all the way down to crew up with Biles.
“Completely,” Gaines mentioned with out hesitation.
“Look, Simone is somebody I’ve appeared as much as, I’ve revered for thus lengthy. She has executed a lot for girls’s sports activities, in fact, for the game of gymnastics, however even broader than that for girls generally.”
Riley then went on to clarify why Biles’ feedback had been so disheartening.
“Her stance felt so deeply visceral to me not due to the private assaults, however extra so once more due to how she used her platform, a platform the place younger ladies all throughout the nation, younger ladies like my little sister, who’s a gymnast, look as much as her.”
RG added … “Within the blink of an eye fixed, she successfully pulled up the ladder behind her. And once more, a method that was, I feel, executed in haste. I feel there was a whole lot of ignorance to the difficulty when she issued her preliminary tweets on that Friday night.”
However, on the finish of the day, SB apologized for the physique shaming, and Gaines sees a whole lot of worth in a possible partnership with Biles.
“I feel [Simone] could be a implausible ally on this battle. Her platform continues to be unimaginable. Her profession has been illustrious, to say the least. I feel we might do so much collectively if she was keen to do it.”