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Riley Gaines and Simone Biles … working collectively?! May occur, in keeping with the previous All-American swimmer herself, who tells TMZ Sports activities she’d “completely” be open to the thought.
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 women’ 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 all the way 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 carried out a lot for girls’s sports activities, in fact, for the game of gymnastics, however even broader than that for girls basically.”
Riley then went on to clarify why Biles’ feedback have been so disheartening.
“Her stance felt so deeply visceral to me not due to the private assaults, however extra so once more due to how she used her platform, a platform the place younger women all throughout the nation, younger women like my little sister, who’s a gymnast, look as much as her.”
RG added … “Within the blink of a watch, she successfully pulled up the ladder behind her. And once more, a method that was, I believe, carried out in haste. I believe there was numerous 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 numerous worth in a possible partnership with Biles.
“I believe [Simone] could be a unbelievable ally on this struggle. Her platform continues to be unimaginable. Her profession has been illustrious, to say the least. I believe we might do rather a lot collectively if she was prepared to do it.”
