Olympian Simone Biles fired back at her haters, which seemingly included former teammate MyKayla Skinner, after leading the women’s gymnastics team to gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics and becoming the most decorated gymnast in US history.
“lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions ❤️🥇🇺🇸,” the 27-year-old athlete captioned an Instagram post on Tuesday.
She shared a carousel of photos of herself and teammates Suni Lee, Hezly Rivera, Jade Carey and Jordan Chiles celebrating following their victory, which earned Biles her fifth gold medal.
Biles’ caption appeared to take aim at Skinner’s previous comments about the Team USA gymnasts in a since-deleted YouTube video.
“Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn’t like what it used to be. Just notice like, I mean, obviously a lot of girls don’t work as hard. The girls just don’t have the work ethic,” Skinner said earlier this month.
“lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions ❤️🥇🇺🇸,” Biles, seen here competing on the uneven bars Tuesday, captioned a carousel on Instagram following the victory.Getty Images
Skinner and Biles of Team United States pose for a picture during Women’s Podium Training ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.Getty Images