Women's sports activist responds to personal attack from Keith Olbermann after SCOTUS trans athlete hearing

Former University of Kentucky women's swimmer Kaitlynn Wheeler fired backmost astatine unemployed media property Keith Olbermann aft Olbermann levied a idiosyncratic insult against Wheeler connected societal media. 

Olbermann responded connected X to Wheeler's station celebrating a woman's rights rally extracurricular the U.S. Supreme Court connected Tuesday during oral arguments for 2 cases focused connected the legality of biologic antheral trans athletes successful women's sports. Wheeler and respective different salient activists including Riley Gaines, Brooke Slusser and Stephanie Turner spoke extracurricular the tribunal successful enactment of the extortion of women's sports. 

"It's inactive astir you trying to find an excuse for a beingness wasted trying to win successful sports without talent," Olbermann wrote successful effect to Wheeler's post. 

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Keith Olbermann weighed successful connected Ronny Jackson's update. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC NewsWire)

Wheeler was 1 of the women's assemblage swimmers who had to vie against and stock a locker country with transgender erstwhile University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas astatine the 2022 NCAA championships. Wheeler, who was Gaines' teammate astatine the time, besides earned All-SEC First Team honors and is an SEC champion in the 800m escaped relay.

Wheeler provided a connection to Fox News Digital successful effect to Olbermann's attack, suggesting the pundit is an "angry aged man," attempting to enactment relevant. 

"When women garbage to beryllium silent, aggravated aged men similar Keith Olbermann lash out. That doesn’t fuss me. It proves wherefore this combat matters. We’re warring for fairness. He’s warring to enactment relevant," Wheeler said. 

Wheeler besides responded to Olbermann successful aggregate X posts, making airy of his employment status, portion boasting astir her ain diversion accomplishments.

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Kaitlynn Wheeler speaks astatine the U.S. Supreme Court successful enactment of protecting women's sports.  (Courtesy of Kaitlynn Wheeler)

"You got fired… repeatedly I mightiness adhd Making a vocation retired of trolling women online is an…interesting vocation pivot for a gross aged man. Meanwhile, we’re retired present really making a quality for girls. We are not the same," Wheeler wrote, aboriginal joking, "'A beingness wasted trying to win successful sports without talent' directed astatine an SEC Champion & multi-time All-American from a antheral FIRED from astir EVERY web he’s touched lol… you would cognize a happening oregon 2 astir a wasted life." 

Several salient pistillate athletes women's sports activists defended Wheeler connected societal media against Olbermann. 

Women's tennis fable Martina Navratilova told Olbermann she was unfollowing him connected X implicit the remark.

"Seriously? Kaitlynn is close but you marque it into a nasty idiosyncratic attack. Shame connected you, Keith. With this benignant of onslaught you’re nary antithetic from the different side….Unfollowing…." Navratilova wrote. 

Wheeler's teammate Gaines pointed retired that Olbermann has nary woman oregon children. 

"A 70[-year-old] loner with nary woman oregon children, spending his clip obsessively targeting college-aged women online. What a miserable existence. I don’t envy you, but I bash commune for you," Gaines wrote.

Former Team USA women's ultrarunner Carilyn Johson suggested Olbermann is "mentally ill."

"I utilized to deliberation Keith Olbermann was conscionable a misogynist. Now I deliberation helium is simply a mentally sick misogynist. Saying thing similar this to a erstwhile SEC champion pistillate jock [Wheeler] is deranged," Johnson wrote.

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(Left) Keith Olbermann, big of "Countdown," during "Decision 2010" connected Nov. 2, 2010. (Right) (Virginia Sherwood/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images;Courtesy of Kaitlynn Wheeler)

Kim Jones, the co-founder of the Independent Council connected Women's Sports (ICONS), wrote "You excavation your ain grave," successful effect to Olbermann. 

Former University of Arizona women's swimmer Marshi Smith, the different co-founder of ICONS, wrote "Who is this crusty geezer?"

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