Gaines snapped back at the president of the Human Rights Campaign at a Senate Judiciary Committee after she tried to deny that male athletes have a biological advantage.
Kelley Robinson, who describes herself as the first queer, Black president of the Human Rights Campaign, claimed that tennis legend Serena Williams could beat men at the sport at the hearing on"Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans."
Gaines, a University of Kentucky 12-time All-American swimmer who tied with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, immediately shut down Robinson's claim:"Both Serena and Venus lost to the 203rd ranked male tennis player." Serena Williams, a 39-time Grand Slam champion, has said male tennis player Andy Murray, a three-time grand slam winner, could beat her"6-0, 6-0 in 5 to 6 minutes."University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas and Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines react after finishing tied for 5th in the 200 Freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on March 18, 2022 at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta Georgia.
Robinson told Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., she would"not definitively" say males have an athletic advantage over females.
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