Riley Gaines

Yes.

Yes.

And everyone around it that's watching it is upset.

All the parents, probably on both teams.

All the women that are competing with this man.

And the whole world's like, yay, diversity.

And you must feel like you're in a fucking movie or something.

Well, I'll tell you really what had thrusted me over the edge into no longer being willing to lie ultimately is he and I raced in the 200 freestyle.

This is the day after he swam the 500 freestyle and won a national title, beat out.

Olympians beating out American record holders, right?

Keep in mind, these aren't scrubs.

They're the most impressive and accomplished female swimmers this world has ever seen.

And again, he beat them all by body lengths.

One second might not sound like a lot of time, but in the sport of swimming, again, measured down to the hundredth of a second, one second is significant.

He beat the entire nation of women by almost two full seconds.

Even the time he went last year would have beat every girl in the country this past season by nearly two full seconds, making him the first man to win a Division I NCAA women's title.

Trailblazer.

But the second day of competition, the day after this, he and I race in the 200 freestyle.

So, look, we get on the blocks, dive off, swim eight laps of freestyle, touch the wall at the end.

I look up at the scoreboard.