{"id":31164,"date":"2025-06-10T19:49:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=31164"},"modified":"2025-06-10T19:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:49:55","slug":"simone-biles-slammed-after-disrespectful-comment-about-transgender-athletes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=31164","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles slammed after \u2018disrespectful\u2019 comment about transgender athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-4174\" class=\"entry content-bg single-entry post-4174 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"entry-content single-content\">\n<p><strong>Simone Biles and Riley Gaines Clash Over Trans Athletes in Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olympic legend Simone Biles and conservative activist Riley Gaines are at the center of a heated online debate about transgender athletes in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14544\" src=\"https:\/\/currentnews-foryou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-163.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The conflict began when Riley Gaines criticized Minnesota\u2019s high school softball team, implying a transgender player was involved: \u201cComments off lol. To be expected when your star player is a boy.\u201d The comment sparked backlash, with Simone Biles firing back on X, calling Gaines \u201ca sore loser\u201d and accusing her of bullying trans athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Biles emphasized inclusion, saying Gaines should focus on creating fair competition instead of targeting individuals. Her response drew both praise and criticism. Supporters called her brave, while critics accused her of being disrespectful and abandoning her role model status.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines responded by accusing Biles of body-shaming, referencing a deleted tweet and highlighting what she saw as hypocrisy. She defended her stance as a fight for fairness in women\u2019s sports, stemming from her experience competing against trans swimmer Lia Thomas.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14543\" src=\"https:\/\/currentnews-foryou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-162.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The debate escalated with figures like former NFL player Jay Feely and NASCAR\u2019s Danica Patrick supporting Gaines. Feely claimed Biles wouldn\u2019t have won medals if she faced trans athletes, while Patrick called trans inclusion \u201cirrational.\u201d The clash reflects a deeper national divide over gender identity, fairness, and the future of women\u2019s sports \u2014 with Biles and Gaines symbolizing two powerful sides of the debate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Biles and Riley Gaines Clash Over Trans Athletes in Sports Olympic legend Simone Biles and conservative activist Riley Gaines are at the center of a heated&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31165,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31164","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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