BREAKING NEWS Simone Biles DELETES social media account in wake of transgender athlete feud with Riley Gaines
Biles de-activated her account, which had nearly two million followers, after she came to the defense of a transgender high school athlete that Gaines had been attacking.
But after Biles personally insulted Gaines, it opened up a flood gate of attacks which appears to have led the 28-year-old gymnast - considered the greatest of all time - to remove her account on the platform.
Biles still has her accounts on Threads (with 2.1m followers) and Instagram (12.4m followers) active.
Gaines decided to deliver a parting shot to the gymnast, claiming that Biles '-has an incredibly unpopular and morally indefensible take - gets rightfully ridiculed for it - issues a groveling public apology after unrelenting backlash - deletes account to pretend it never happened'.
Gaines, who made a career out of politically advocating against trans people in sports after finishing tied for fifth with a trans woman at a swim meet, concluded, 'Sad to see such a phenom go down like this'.
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