She tied with a trans swimmer for 5th place. During the ceremony, they didn’t have two 5th places trophies so they had one hold 5th and one hold 6th. She held the 6th and threw a fit about it.
Cardio sports such as swimming and running are actually more difficult for transgender women Strength based sports tend to be easier for them.
I mean getting 5th place in the division 1 NCAA national championship is actually very impressive. People acting like she was a bad athlete because she got 5th place is crazy.
She just sucks, and instead of trying to improve herself decided to hop on the conservative hate train to attack the trans woman. The three top spots were all cis women.
It’s not only attacking one of the most vulnerable demographics in the country, but it’s attacking one of the most vulnerable demographics in the country over the most pettiest bullshit I can imagine. She’s upset because she didn’t get 5th place.
It’s not even that; she got fifth place. She’s upset that she had to share fifth place with a trans woman. I also feel the need to point out that it was her last competitive event, so it’s not exactly like competitive swimming is a vital component of her life that she kept doing moving forward. She’s just a vile, terrible person who realized she could make a career as a right-wing grifter.
In March 2022, while swimming for the University of Kentucky in the 200-yard freestyle at the NCAA championship (her final competitive event race), Gaines tied for fifth place with University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who subsequently became the first openly trans woman champion in the NCAA women’s division after winning the 500-yard freestyle later at the same meet. While Thomas held the fifth-place trophy after the finish, Gaines held an equally-sized sixth-place trophy while waiting for another fifth-place trophy in the mail.
It’s one of the most stereotypically conservative / republican grievances I’ve ever heard.
It’s not the people at the top keeping the actual glory and/or money that are the problem. And it’s not that you suck. The problem that other rando who is just a bit more disadvantaged in life than you but who is about to catch up to the amount of stuff you have!
She was beaten by four cis women for sure and one trans woman by a split second, who the judges had to check photo-finish for fifty place (gains placed sixth)
She just sucked really, really hard. And why is it always 5th place? The girl who said she lost to a transgender runner a few years ago didn’t make it 2nd or 3rd… but also 5th (or maybe 6th). So even if those runners weren’t there. She still would have gotten nothing.
Was she swimming against 5 trans swimmers or does she just suck?
She tied with a trans swimmer for 5th place. During the ceremony, they didn’t have two 5th places trophies so they had one hold 5th and one hold 6th. She held the 6th and threw a fit about it.
Cardio sports such as swimming and running are actually more difficult for transgender women Strength based sports tend to be easier for them.
I really encourage people to watch the Last Week Tonight segment on trans sports. It’s really good and it specifically calls out this exact incident.
My favorite part is when trump says he could beat her in a race.
she looks like she just got a massive whiff of his diaper in the same moment she got hella insulted
We knew he couldn’t help himself at the opportunity for more sexual assault, but damn guy, during a race?
the ultimate humiliation.
HAHAHA SHOTS FIRED all around!!!
Look at the pic. She knows.
Why are they getting a trophy for 5th and 6th? Is that normal for swimming.
I mean getting 5th place in the division 1 NCAA national championship is actually very impressive. People acting like she was a bad athlete because she got 5th place is crazy.
Yes shes no doubt a good swimmer, I’ve just never seen a 5th place trophy.
Pretty normal thing for a national tournament.
I think it was an NCAA Championship event, but I don’t know much about swimming competitions.
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She just sucks, and instead of trying to improve herself decided to hop on the conservative hate train to attack the trans woman. The three top spots were all cis women.
It’s not only attacking one of the most vulnerable demographics in the country, but it’s attacking one of the most vulnerable demographics in the country over the most pettiest bullshit I can imagine. She’s upset because she didn’t get 5th place.
It’s not even that; she got fifth place. She’s upset that she had to share fifth place with a trans woman. I also feel the need to point out that it was her last competitive event, so it’s not exactly like competitive swimming is a vital component of her life that she kept doing moving forward. She’s just a vile, terrible person who realized she could make a career as a right-wing grifter.
It’s worse than that: she did get 5th place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley_Gaines
Oh my got she got a participation trophy for throwing a fit and still is upset about it?
Whi h she genuinely lost, but it was close enough the judges had to check slow-motion, so she was wronged.
It’s one of the most stereotypically conservative / republican grievances I’ve ever heard.
It’s not the people at the top keeping the actual glory and/or money that are the problem. And it’s not that you suck. The problem that other rando who is just a bit more disadvantaged in life than you but who is about to catch up to the amount of stuff you have!
Dead on. But I mean, hey- you’ve got to pick the bad-faith arguments you can win, right?
She was beaten by four cis women for sure and one trans woman by a split second, who the judges had to check photo-finish for fifty place (gains placed sixth)
She just sucked really, really hard. And why is it always 5th place? The girl who said she lost to a transgender runner a few years ago didn’t make it 2nd or 3rd… but also 5th (or maybe 6th). So even if those runners weren’t there. She still would have gotten nothing.
She just sucks.