" Twitter/X lit up with reactions, most of the heat aimed squarely at Biles for defending men competing in women’s sports. She also came under fire for:
- Her delayed public stance against serial abuser Larry Nassar
- Her past body positivity campaigns
- Her supporters’ claims that men couldn’t beat her at gymnastics
- And a strange jab at Riley Gaines’ height
According to the New York Post, the spat kicked off after Gaines responded to a Minnesota high school softball team’s state championship win. The team included a transgender player, pitcher Marissa Rothenberger, who helped deliver a shutout in the title game.
Biles blasted Gaines on X for criticizing a Minnesota softball team that included transgender player Marissa Rothenberger.
Then Biles doubled down. This time, body-shaming Gaines in a tweet that quickly drew criticism: bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male @Riley_Gaines_
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) June 6, 2025
"The pitcher threw a shutout and helped bring a state championship home to Champlin Park High School.
“To be expected when your star player is a boy,” Gaines wrote in response to a photo of the team celebrating the winning season.
"Simone Biles quickly jumped in with this post:
@Riley_Gaines_ You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. 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…
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