Riley Gaines challenges ex-ESPN host to race after he says she was a 'worse swimmer' than she is 'MAGA stooge'

FIRST ON FOX Riley Gaines clapped back at former ESPN and MSNBC host Keith Olbermann with an official challenge for charity on Wednesday after he stated Gaines was somehow a worse swimmer than she is a MAGA stooge Olbermann the ex-host of both MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann and ESPN's SportsCenter quoted an X post of Schooling Secretary Linda McMahon telling Fox News America Reports that Gaines would have clearly won her race if Gaines didn t have to compete against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas CALIFORNIA TRACK STAR'S FAMILY REACTS TO TRUMP SHAKING UP GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP MEET AMID TRANS ATHLETE DRAMA Riley Gaines finished th in the Olympic Trials Olbermann posted to X She finished tied for th in the only race including a transgendered athlete If there had been none she MIGHT have finished tied for th or had th place to herself The -time National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA All-American responded on X noting she placed th at Olympic trials when I was I was one of the youngest there Gaines explained And I placed th in the nation in a sport measured in s of a second without going a best Would you say the th best college football athlete is objectively bad at their sport LIA THOMAS' FORMER TEAMMATES SPEAK OUT AGAINST UPENN AMID TITLE IX VIOLATIONThe Gaines for Girls podcast host narrated Fox News Digital she is now officially challenging Keith Olbermann to a race for charity The event would be a -yard freestyle at a location of Olbermann s choice sometime before August of this year The winner of the race will pick which charitable organization the proceeds would go to and the total wager to be donated would be set if Olbermann agrees The -year-old University of Kentucky alumnus described Fox that Olbermann could do a yard freestyle while she still swims yards if it incentivized him to compete in the charitable challenge A spokesperson for Olbermann did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMWhile Gaines and Olbermann sparred on X President Donald Trump blasted California governor Gavin Newsom earlier this week as the California Interscholastic Federation CIF cleared the way for a transgender athlete to compete in a women's state championship track meet this upcoming weekend California under the leadership of Radical Left Democrat Gavin Newscum continues to ILLEGALLY allow MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN'S SPORTS Trump posted to Truth Social This week a transitioned Male athlete at a major event won everything and is now qualified to compete in the State Finals next weekend President Trump signed an Executive Order on Feb th in an attempt to outright ban men from competing in women s sports Trump went on to explain that if the Golden State did not comply with this executive order federal funding could be revoked THIS IS NOT FAIR AND TOTALLY DEMEANING TO WOMEN AND GIRLS the president continued in his post Please be hereby advised that large scale Federal Funding will be held back maybe permanently if the Executive Order on this subject matter is not adhered to Newsom s office issued a announcement supporting the transgender athlete's participation in the upcoming state championship