Simone Biles Calls Out Former U.S. Swimmer Riley Gaines For Anti-Trans Sports Comments: ‘Truly Sick’

Simone Biles is speaking out against former U.S. swimmer Riley Gaines and her anti-trans sports comments. On June 6, Gaines reshared a post on X by the Champlin Park girls softball team of the Minnesota State High School League. The team — which includes a transgender athlete — was celebrating a state championship win, but the comment restrictions on the post appeared to upset Riley. “Comments off lol,” she wrote. “To be expected when your star player is a boy.” Biles responded to Gaines’ comment, calling out the anti-transgender rhetoric. “You’re truly sick,” wrote the most decorated gymnast of all time. The two fell into a back-and-forth exchange on the social media app.