11x Olympic medalist Simone Biles Seemingly DELETES X Account Following Online Spat with Riley Gaines

Simone Biles has seemingly deleted her X account after she received severe backlash for making some comments regarding Riley Gaines.

11x Olympic medalist Simone Biles Seemingly DELETES X Account Following Online Spat with Riley Gaines

Riley Gaines and Simone Biles (Image via Imago)

A few days ago, a major online spat erupted between Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and former PENN University swimmer Riley Gaines regarding a transgender athlete issue. The gymnast seems to have now deleted her X account.

The war of words between these two began after Gaines called out a softball team. The ex-Kentucky swimmer has become an advocate for women and has often urged for the exclusion of trans athletes in women’s sports.

As reports emerged that the star player of the softball team was a trans athlete, Gaines would take a swipe at the team celebrating their win.

Biles would later slam Gaines for this. In one of her tweets, the 7-time Olympic gold medalist would call out the women’s activist and label her a “sore loser” and “bully” and claimed that no one in sports was safe around her. In another tweet, she would even take a personal jab at the former college swimmer.

While Gaines did hit back at her, the gymnast would come under tremendous heat for her takes. Many users on social media would slam Biles.

A few days later, the 28-year-old made another statement on X and apologized for her comments. Gaines would later accept the apology and urged her (Biles) to join her in her fight for fairness for girls.

Despite this, Biles continued to receive backlash for her take. The athlete has now deleted her X account. Upon checking her username, a “This account doesn’t exist” shows up on X.

Biles’ other social media accounts, including Instagram, where she has over 12.4 million followers, are still active. While the reason for this action from Biles remains unclear at the moment.

Riley Gaines ‘sad to see’ Simone Biles delete her X account following backlash

After making some bold comments on X, Simone Biles found herself in hot water. While she did apologize for her words, the damage was seemingly done. After Biles’ X account got deleted, Riley Gaines reacted to it and claimed that she was “sad to see” this happen.

Riley Gaines and Simone Biles
Riley Gaines and Simone Biles (Image via Fox News/Imago)

Taking to her X account, Gaines made her feelings known regarding this situation. The 25-year-old dropped 4 pointers in her tweet before claiming that it was sad to see such a “phenom” go down like that.

– 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 Sad to see such a phenom go down like this

Gaines, who came into the spotlight after she called out the NCAA for allowing trans athlete Lia Thomas to compete against her and other female swimmers, has over 1.5 million followers on X. She also hosts the Gaines for Girls podcast for OutKick and is highly active on social media.

Amidst controversy with Simone Biles, Riley Gaines shared some personal positive news

Simone Biles and Riley Gaines got caught in a major controversy after the Olympian lashed out the former college swimmer. Amidst this controversy, Gaines had some personal positive news.

Simone Biles and Riley Gaines
Simone Biles and Riley Gaines (Image via Imago)

While taking to her X account, the ex-Kentucky swimmer revealed that she is pregnant. She revealed that she and her husband are expecting a baby girl in September this year. This post from her received more than 200k likes.

Surprise! Baby GIRL coming in September. God is so good all the time.

As per reports, Gaines and her husband, Louis Barker, had been together since their time at the University of Kentucky. The couple would tie the knot in 2022. Now, they are getting ready to welcome their first child.

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