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Riley Gaines announced the birth of her first child, a girl named Margot on Thursday evening.
Gaines announced the birth in an article on social networks, showing her by holding the baby alongside her husband, Louis Barker.
“There is nothing that could have prepared me for a love like this. God blessed us beyond belief. Welcome to the world, Sweet Margot,” wrote Gaines in legend.
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During her pregnancy, Gaines swam 1.25 miles to the infamous Alcatraz prison alongside American seals, combat veterans and her husband in July. She was 31 weeks pregnant at the time.
The former swimmer of the University of Kentucky, Riley Gaines, speaks during an event. (The leadership institute)
Gaines announced its pregnancy in June during a Turning Point USA event in Texas. The announcement came as she tackled the comments of the Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, who suggested that sheaths was the size of a “man” during a spout of social media on the issue of transminine sports athletes.
Olympian Simone Biles faces a fierce reaction after a confrontation with Riley Gaines on the Debate of Trans athletes
Riley Gaines speaks during a press conference with Virginia-Western Ag Patrick Morrisey. (Sceenshot)
“How many men do you know that,” said Gaines on stage as she showed her bump and shared ultrasound on stage.
Riley Gaines is sworn in a house surveillance subcommittee on health care and financial services in Capitol Hill on December 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
“The next generation for which our little girl is going to be part, who is for whom you are all fighting and for whom Turning Point fights. And therefore a future father, thank you, continue to fight … and thank you.”
