Simone Biles' social media post ‘good thing guys don't compete against girls' resurfaces as Riley Gaines feud takes a twist
Gaines — a former University of Kentucky swimmer vehemently opposed to trans participation in women's sports — unearthed a nearly decade-old tweet that the gymnastics icon posted in which she appeared to agree with Gaines' stance.
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'ahhhh good thing guys don't compete against girls or he'd take all the gold medals !!' Biles wrote in the 2017 tweet, apparently responding to the men's division results at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Canada.
Gaines — who Biles referred to as a 'sick bully' for her anti-trans stance Friday — let the Olympian have it.
'Oop don't you hate it when your past self completely undermines your current nonsensical argument?' she wrote while retweeting Biles' post.
An old social media post from Olympic gymnast Simone Biles resurfaced amidst her feud with Riley Gaines over transgender athletes. Getty Images
Gaines hosts the 'Gaines for Girls' podcast on OutKick, and has been outspoken about transgender athletes competing in women's sports. Independent Women's Forum
'How has 2025 Simone reconciled with the fact 2017 Simone was a 'truly sick bully' by her own standard?' she added.
The spat between the athletes started Friday when Biles aimed an unprompted tweet at Gaines, 25, amid furor over a Minnesota trans high-school softball pitcher whose shutout performance in the state finals Thursday helped win the championship.
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'@Riley_Gaines_ You're truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race,' 28-year-old Biles tweeted, referencing Gaines' tie during a race with trans University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas at the 2022 NCAA championship.
'Oop don't you hate it when your past self completely undermines your current nonsensical argument?' Gaines wrote on X in response to the 2017 post. Getty Images
'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!!' Biles wrote.
'bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male,' she later added.
Gaines quickly called Biles' comments 'disappointing' and said it wasn't her task to figure out how to include trans people in sports.
Simone Biles poses with the bronze medal during the Women's Balance Beam Final medal ceremony on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Getty Images
'It's not my job or the job of any woman to figure out how to include men in our spaces. You can uplift men stealing championships in women's sports with YOUR platform. Men don't belong in women's sports and I say that with my full chest,' Gaines said.
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But it didn't end there — Gaines went so far as to drag Biles' battle with former Team USA gymnastics doctor and prolific sex criminal Larry Nassar into the fray.
'All the horrific sexual abuse @Simone_Biles witnessed and spoke out against caused by one man, yet [she] believes women should be forced to strip naked in front of men to validate the man's feelings,' Gaines wrote in another tweet.
Biles helped take down Nassar, who is serving up to 175 years in prison for molesting her and hundreds of other female gymnasts, including stars Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas.
'You know how many gold medals you'd have if your 'inclusive' dream came true? Zero,' Gaines added to Biles.
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