News

2017 Post Comes Back to Haunt Simone Biles: ‘A Truly Sick Bully By Her Own Standard’

Biles picked a fight with Riley Gaines over men playing women's sports.

   DailyWire.com
2017 Post Comes Back to Haunt Simone Biles: ‘A Truly Sick Bully By Her Own Standard’

Amid backlash for her support of trans-identifying athletes — and a spat with former NCAA swimmer and Outkick podcast host (“Gaines for Girls”) Riley Gaines — a post from 2017 came back to haunt Olympic gymnast Simone Biles.

“ahhhh good thing guys don’t compete against girls or he’d take all the gold medals !!” Biles said in October of 2017, in response to a post that has since been deleted — but her comment came just days after Chinese gymnast Xio Ruoteng won gold in the men’s all-around competition at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Canada and may have been in reference to that. Biles had not competed there, but two of her Olympic teammates medaled: Morgan Hurd and Jade Carey.

Gaines highlighted that post on Sunday, arguing that it showed Biles was well aware of the obvious advantage biological men have over women when it came to athletic competition.

“Oop don’t you hate it when your past self completely undermines your current nonsensical argument? How has 2025 Simone reconciled with the fact 2017 Simone was a ‘truly sick bully’ by her own standard?” Gaines posted.

Biles had picked a fight with Gaines two days prior — after Gaines commented on the fact that a boy had been allowed to lead his school’s girls’ softball team to a Minnesota state AAAA title — and she claimed that Gaines was a “truly sick bully” for calling that out as unfair.

“You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser,” Biles said, making the attacks personal from the start. “You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports. Maybe a transgender category IN ALL sports!! But instead… You bully them… One things for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!”

Gaines pushed back, saying that neither she nor any other female athlete owed men the chance to take girls’ opportunities away.

In her response, Biles resorted to attacking Gaines’ physical appearance: “bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male.”

Create a free account to join the conversation!

Already have an account?

Log in

Got a tip worth investigating?

Your information could be the missing piece to an important story. Submit your tip today and make a difference.

Submit Tip
Download Daily Wire Plus

Don't miss anything

Download our App

Stay up-to-date on the latest
news, podcasts, and more.

Download on the app storeGet it on Google Play
The Daily Wire   >  Read   >  2017 Post Comes Back to Haunt Simone Biles: ‘A Truly Sick Bully By Her Own Standard’
Daily Wire Plus
Facts and headlines on the go.
Download the Daily Wire app.
Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play
Download App QR CodeScan the QR Code to Download
FacebookXInstagramYouTubeRSS
Daily Wire PlusFacts and headlines on the go.
Download the Daily Wire app.
Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play
© Copyright 2025, The Daily Wire LLC  | Terms | Privacy
Podcast compliance badge