Simone Biles apologizes to fellow athlete Riley Gaines after online spat over men competing in women’s sports

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Olympic gold medal gymnast Simone Biles took to X Tuesday to apologize to fellow athlete Riley Gaines .

Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer and now advocate for women’s and girls single-sex sports, got into a spat with Biles over a post Gaines made on X on June 6 .

Biles responded to the post, saying that she accepted her apology and agreed with her that the “blame is on the lawmakers”.

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