Simone Biles is seemingly throwing shade at Michaela Skinners controversial
comments after her 2024 Olympics gold win.
The 27 year old seemingly calls out her former teammate
Michaela Skinners remarks about how gymnasts these days quote don't
work as hard as they used to,
while sharing photos of herself at the Paris Summer Games
alongside teammate SUNY Lee,
Jordan Childs, Jade Carey and Hesley Rivera.
Celebrating their gold medal victory in the women's gymnastics team
final,
Simone writes in the caption of her July 30th Instagram
post.
Quote lack of talent, lazy Olympic champions.
Although Michaela has not reacted directly to Simones post,
she did show her love for Team USA by sharing
a photo of the athletes with their gold medals to
her Instagram story along with three red heart emojis.
Just weeks ago, Michaela, who competed alongside Simone at the
2020 Tokyo Olympics,
made headlines with her reaction to the gymnastics trials for
Team USA.
The 27 year old says in a since deleted YouTube
video quote.
Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth
just isn't like what it used to be.
She continues. A lot of girls don't work as hard.
The girls just don't have the work ethic.
In her video, Michaela suggests that the US Center for
Safe Sport,
a nonprofit created in order to help end abuse in
athletics,
was part of the reason for this perceived lack of
effort.
She explains. Quote like coaches can't get on athletes and
they have to be really careful what they say,
which in some ways is really good,
but at the same time,
to get to where you need to be in gymnastics,
you do have to be,
I feel like, a little.
Aggressive and a little intense.
After receiving backlash for her video,
Michaela issues an apology, clarifying that her comments were misinterpreted
or misunderstood.
In a written statement she shares three days later,
the retired gymnast says it was quote,
not my intention to offend or disrespect any of the
athletes or to take away from their hard work.
She continues. Quote, your hard work and dedication has paid
off.
And I congratulate each and everyone of you.