Simone Biles is used to sticking the landing.
But this time she fell flat on her face.
And Simone Biles came crashing down after Riley Gaines delivered a knockout blow.
The Olympic champion picked the wrong fight
Olympic gymnastics legend Simone Biles found herself in unfamiliar territory recently when she decided to take on women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines in a social media battle over transgender athletes.
The multi-gold medal winner thought she could flip her way out of this controversy.
Instead, she crashed and burned spectacularly.
The trouble started when Gaines posted about a transgender athlete who helped lead a Minnesota high school softball team to a state championship.
The biological male who identifies as female dominated the competition, pitching a shutout in the championship game.
When the school posted a celebratory photo on social media, they disabled the comments section to avoid the inevitable backlash.
Gaines made a simple but factual observation about the situation.
Biles launched a vicious attack that backfired
That’s when Biles decided to vault into the controversy with both feet.
The gymnastics superstar launched a scathing personal attack on Gaines that revealed just how out of touch she is with reality.
Biles called Gaines sick and accused her of being a sore loser who was only speaking out because she had lost competitions in the past.
She went on to lecture Gaines about being more inclusive toward transgender athletes and suggested creating separate categories for them to compete.
Biles clearly didn’t do her homework before launching this attack.
Gaines isn’t campaigning because she lost races – she’s fighting for the fundamental fairness of women’s sports after being forced to compete against biological males who have clear physical advantages.
The former NCAA swimmer has become one of the most prominent voices defending women’s athletics from policies that are destroying competitive balance.
Reality hit Biles like a ton of bricks
What happened next was predictable to anyone who understands the facts about biological differences between men and women.
Gaines fired back with scientific evidence about the inherent physical advantages males have over females in athletics, even after transitioning.
Social media users piled on Biles, blasting the Olympic champion for her ignorant comments and lack of understanding about the issue she decided to weigh in on.
The backlash was swift and brutal.
Biles quickly realized she had stepped into a fight she couldn’t win with empty platitudes about inclusivity.
Biles retreated with her tail between her legs
Faced with overwhelming criticism, Biles did what many celebrities do when they get caught saying something stupid – she backpedaled faster than a gymnast avoiding a fall.
The Olympic champion issued a lengthy apology where she claimed to believe in both competitive equity and inclusivity in sports.
She admitted the current system doesn’t balance these principles well and acknowledged that getting personal with Gaines was wrong.
Biles tried to walk back her comments by saying she didn’t want to advocate for policies that compromise fairness in women’s sports.
But the damage was already done.
Biles had revealed herself to be just another woke celebrity pushing radical gender ideology without understanding the consequences for female athletes.
The final humiliation
As if the public apology wasn’t embarrassing enough, Biles took the ultimate step that every defeated social media warrior takes – she deleted her X account entirely.
The account, which had nearly 2 million followers, simply vanished after the controversy.
Gaines was among the first to notice Biles’ retreat from the platform and didn’t hold back in her assessment.
"Sad to see such a phenom go down like this," Gaines wrote about Biles’ departure.
It’s a perfect summary of what happens when celebrities think they can lecture Americans about issues they don’t understand.
Biles may be a champion gymnast, but she’s no match for someone who actually knows what she’s talking about when it comes to protecting women’s sports.
The Olympic gold medalist learned the hard way that being good at flipping through the air doesn’t make you an expert on complex social issues.
While Biles has retreated to her other social media accounts where she can control the conversation better, the damage to her reputation is already done.
She picked a fight with the wrong person and got schooled in front of the entire internet.
That’s one landing she’ll never forget.
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