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Posted on 06/22/2025 8:41:51 PM PDT by Morgana
Three weeks after sparking a war of words with anti-trans activist Riley Gaines, apologizing for her targeted remarks, and being inundated with comments about the incident since, seven-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has deleted her account on X, formerly Twitter.
Biles de-activated her account, which had nearly two million followers, after she came to the defense of a transgender high school athlete that Gaines had been attacking.
But after Biles personally insulted Gaines (for which she later apologized), it opened up a flood gate of attacks which appears to have led the 28-year-old gymnast - considered the greatest of all time - to remove her account on the platform.
Biles still has her accounts on Threads (with 2.1m followers) and Instagram (12.4m followers) active.
Gaines decided to deliver a parting shot to the gymnast, despite saying just yesterday that she'd be interested in forming an alliance with her.
Gaines claimed that Biles '-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'. Gaines, who made a career out of politically advocating against trans people in sports after finishing tied for fifth with a trans woman at a swim meet, concluded, 'Sad to see such a phenom go down like this'.
Earlier this month, Gaines attacked a Minnesota high school on social media for fielding a softball team with a trans player.
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With a last name bile.........
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What!? Twitter is now X? When did that happen?
Didn’t she apologize a week ago,?
She has nobody to blame but herself.
She did but a little take on a Japanese saying:
“To save face, one must keep the lower 1/2 shut”.
she’s quitting again?
She was probably told her sponsorships would be at risk if she kept up her arguement.
Better to lose face than lose 🍑.
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I give Biles a 5 on the high horse.
Breaking news? I guess we can now forget about the bombing in Iran….
Yes, she’s not a company like Bud Light. She said something stupid, but hopefully she realized now. I’m not a leftist I don’t believe in canceling people.
Don’t be surprised if Simone gets invited to be interviewed on Michelle Obama’s somewhat unpopular podcast called IMO.
She’s just the kind of guest Michelle would welcome.
They can compare battle scars from ‘being othered’ by ‘all those vicious privileged bullies!’
She quit it’s something she is very good at
Exactly.
And deservedly so.
I never really cared for her and I always got the feeling she was essentially a “DEI Athlete”. She is lucky she is in a rare sport where being a male is not really an advantage or she would have been beaten out by a trans too.
I’d say it’s the ONLY thing Simone is good at.
Except she isn't.
Greatest gymnast of all time is Russian Larisa Latynina, who won a massive 18 Olympic medals including 9 Golds in 3 straight Olympics in 56, 60 and 64. Biles won 11 medals icluding 7 Golds.
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