Riley Gaines
I am Open To Working W/ Simone Biles
… On Trans Sports activities Challenge
Revealed
TMZSports.com
Riley Gaines and Simone Biles … working collectively?! Might occur, based on the previous All-American swimmer herself, who tells TMZ Sports activities she’d “completely” be open to the concept.
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 right down to group up with Biles.
“Completely,” Gaines mentioned with out hesitation.
“Look, Simone is somebody I’ve seemed as much as, I’ve revered for thus lengthy. She has finished a lot for ladies’s sports activities, after all, for the game of gymnastics, however even broader than that for ladies usually.”
Riley then went on to elucidate why Biles’ feedback have been so disheartening.
“Her stance felt so deeply visceral to me not due to the non-public 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 approach that was, I feel, finished 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 incredible ally on this battle. Her platform continues to be unbelievable. Her profession has been illustrious, to say the least. I feel we may do lots collectively if she was keen to do it.”
