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    Riley Gaines and Katie Ledecky. (Images by Imagn)
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    “Katie Ledecky competes against women” Riley Gaines Makes Her Stance Clear On American’s Second-fastest 1500

    Riley Gaines recently gave a befitting reply to a troll after the latter called her out for ignoring legendary swimmer Katie Ledecky’s recent feat. The American swimmer recorded the second-fastest 1500 m freestyle time in history at the US Pro Swim Series event in Austin, Texas.

    Ledecky clocked an impressive time of 15 min 23.21 sec to dominate the event on Wednesday. Following her notable feat, a fan took a jibe at the conservative sect for not acknowledging the Olympic medalist’s achievement.

    There has been plenty of speculation about Ledecky’s gender identity, even though she has never come out as transgender. So, when the fan took a swipe at the conservatives, Gaines had a reply of her own.

    “Strange, I haven’t seen any of the many conservative women’s swimming enthusiasts tweeting about this incredible feat of athleticism,” the fan wrote. 

    Highlighting that the men’s world record of 14:30.67, set by Ledecky’s training partner Bobby Finke, is almost a minute faster than hers, Gaines wrote:

    “What’s the ‘gotcha’ here? The men’s world record is 50 seconds faster than her world record. If he were in the pool with her, she’d have been beat. Easily. In no way does that make her inferior. She competes against women, and she’s the greatest to ever do it.”

    Ledecky holds the world record in the women’s 1500m, which she registered in 2018 after clocking 15:20.48. With Wednesday’s feat, she surpassed her previous second-fastest time of 15:24.51, which she recorded at the Pro Swim Series in Florida last April.

    Riley Gaines Opens Up About Carrying Her Daughter in a Bulletproof Jacket During SC Hearing

    Riley Gaines recently attended the Supreme Court hearing on state laws banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. Gaines was present at the SC alongside her newborn daughter named Margot in October 2025.

    In an interview with Fox News, Gaines opened up about receiving threats, due to which she was forced to take the protective steps.

    “The fact that you have a 3-month-old baby that you have to wrap in a bulletproof blanket because of the threats that were present there yesterday. That is who we are fighting for. And all these democrats and their insane policies and the things they support, I think 130 democrats signed a brief supporting the boys in the case. They think they are giving the middle finger to President Trump. That’s not who they are giving the middle finger to. They are giving the middle finger to my little baby girl.”
    The state laws were discussed in the SC after students from West Virginia and Idaho challenged them.
    Article written by Janhavi Shinde
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