Simone Biles RIPS MyKayla Skinner with BRUTAL Instagram post after Team USA wins gymnastics gold in Paris Olympics
Simone Biles appeared to hit back at critics — including a former teammate of hers — after winning the team gold medal in women’s gymnastics at the Paris Olympics.
Biles, along with Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey, dominated the field and won by almost five and a half points against Italy.
After the performance, Biles posted a photo of the team on her Instagram with a brutal caption.
“Lack of talent, lazy, Olympic champions,” the message read.
That appears to be a specific dig at former Team USA gymnast MyKayla Skinner, who criticized the team’s makeup in the run-up to the Games.
The members of the US women’s gymnastics team after winning the team gold medal in Paris
In a since-deleted YouTube video, Skinner criticized the team of Biles, Chiles, Lee, Carey and Hezly Rivera for not having the proper “work ethic.”
“Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and depth aren’t what they used to be,” said the 27-year-old.
“The girls just don’t have the right work ethic,” Skinner continued, before referring to the U.S. Center for SafeSport, a nonprofit organization founded to reduce sexual abuse of minors and athletes in U.S. Olympic sports.
‘And it’s also difficult because of SafeSport. Coaches can’t harass athletes and they have to be very careful about what they say.
“Which is really good in some ways. But at the same time, to get where you need to be in gymnastics, you have to be a little bit aggressive and a little bit intense.”
Immediately afterward, Biles responded sharply to Skinner, writing in Threads that “not everyone needs a microphone and a platform.”
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