Former star gymnast slams USA Gymnastics for trans athlete policy handling

Former Team USA gymnast Dee Worley told Fox News Digital her thoughts on how the governing body has handled its stance on trans inclusion amid a public feud between Simone Biles and Riley Gaines

USA Gymnastics is under the national microscope after its biggest star, Simone Biles, ignited mass backlash for attacking Riley Gaines over the issue of trans athletes in women's sports. Biles has since apologized for her remarks against Gaines, but the impact of public perception to her and the organization is only just setting in. 

Former Team USA and NCAA champion women's gymnast Dee Worley, spoke out against USA Gymnastics after it was revealed that the organization's webpages outlining its transgender athlete policy and resources were offline, Fox News Digital previously reported. 

Worley, a former USA Gymnastics athlete and board member, revealed in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital her thoughts on the state of leadership for the nation's governing gymnastics body, as the U.S. is set to host the next Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028. 

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Team USA gymnasts Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee and Hezly Rivera pose with their gold medals. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

"I think there’s been a steady decline in its ability to have backbone and its leaders' ability to have backbone for some time now," Worley said of the organization and its recent quiet distancing from trans inclusion policies. "When you don’t have principles that you are willing to be dyed in the wool about and be ten toes down about, then you are going to blow with every wind."

Worley, who competed for the U.S. national team as early as high school in the late 1980s, made