Simone Biles slams MyKayla Skinner after winning gold at 2024 Olympics Instagram: mykaylaskinner2016, simonebilesSimone Biles might be the most decorated US gymnast, but that hasn\u2019t stopped her former Olympic teammate MyKayla Skinner from putting her down with a dig about those competing alongside her in the 2024 Paris Olympics. In a now-deleted YouTube video, MyKayla Skinner, who won silver during the 2020 Olympics, slammed Simone Biles and her current Olympic teammates. \u201cBesides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn\u2019t like what it used to be,\u201d she said. \u201cJust notice like, I mean, obviously a lot of girls don\u2019t work as hard. The girls just don\u2019t have the work ethic,\u201d she added. Part 1: The gymnastics community cannot let these comments to be swept under the rug. I will be as respectful as possible to @mykaylaskinner but instead of engaging in meaningful conversation she blocks anyone who holds her accountable for her words. pic.twitter.com\/Y69pwCxnUG \u2014 Riley (@gymguyri) July 3, 2024 Simone fired back with an Instagram post after she, Suni Lee, Hezly Rivera, Jade Carey, and Jordan Chiles won gold on Tuesday, July 30. \u201cLack of talent, lazy, Olympic champions,\u201d she captioned her post with photos of the 2024 US women\u2019s gymnastics team. Fans were quick to support Simone and the squad in the comments, agreeing that MyKayla \u2018f\u2019ed around and found out.\u2019 \u201cIt doesn\u2019t get more iconic than this. She f\u2019ed around n found out fr. Feels like I need to apologize just to redeem my first name,\u201d commented former Olympian McKayla Maroney. \u201cThis caption wins a gold medal,\u201d added a fan. \u201cPut a finger down if Simone Biles just ended you,\u201d said another. Despite Simone biting back at the dig, MyKayla did issue an apology after her YouTube video went viral. \u201cIt was not my intention to offend or disrespect any of the athletes or to take away from their hard work,\u201d she wrote in an Instagram post. MyKayla turned the comments off to her post, which might have led to Simone making her own. Though MyKayla issued the apology before Simone won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Simone\u2019s intention to fight back was clearly stated and, according to fans, warranted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Simone Biles slams MyKayla Skinner after winning gold at 2024 Olympics Instagram: mykaylaskinner2016, simonebilesSimone Biles might be the most decorated US gymnast, but that hasn\u2019t stopped her former Olympic teammate MyKayla Skinner from putting her down with a dig about those competing alongside her in the 2024 Paris Olympics. In a now-deleted YouTube video, MyKayla […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}