Earlier this month, ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, there was some tension between former U.S. Olympic gymnast MyKayla Skinner and five-time gold medal winner Simone Biles.
It all started when Skinner, who was a silver medal winner at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, took to social media recording herself making a video criticizing the current Team USA roster.
here’s the context on MyKayla Skinner for everyone asking: pic.twitter.com/DikjFzOjjZ
— ً (@tylerduran21) July 31, 2024
"A lot of girls don't work as hard," she said. "The girls just don't have the work ethic."
At the time, Biles took to social media to post a response, "not everyone needs a mic and a platform," which was assuredly targeted at Skinner.
Following this, Skinner came out and said they misinterpreted her words, and the 27-year-old even appeared to give a congratulatory post to the U.S. gymnastics team after they claimed victory in Paris.
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However, her original comments were certainly not forgotten as Biles did a little more talking after winning the gold medal.
On Instagram, Biles posted pictures of her with the team celebrating their 2024 Olympic success, with a caption of: "lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions."
At first glance, it’s just another celebratory #Olympics post on Simone Biles’ Instagram.
Except somewhere in Paris, Biles dropped the mic directly on former teammate MyKayla Skinner’s head.@DanaONeilWriter on the star's stinging caption ⤵️ https://t.co/llK0eigBow pic.twitter.com/UXQUM3Tvtq
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) July 31, 2024
The group of American gymnasts seemingly all ganged up on Skinner, as former Olympian McKayla Maroney (2012 London Games) commented, "She f'd around n found out fr. Feels like I need to apologize just to redeem my first name."
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With this in mind, the drama didn't end there, as it was later revealed that Biles and the rest of the Team USA gymnasts were blocked by Skinner.
oop I’ve been blocked 👀🫢😂
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) July 31, 2024
If you didn't know the Olympic BEEF here: former gymnast US Silver Medallist Mykayla Skinner called the new US gymnastics team talentless and lazy. In response, they won Gold, Simone quoted her in the victory photo, and Mykayla blocked the whole team 💕 https://t.co/YqYnvh8mrL pic.twitter.com/wAlmk6gegq
— Del Walker 🇵🇸 (@TheCartelDel) July 31, 2024
Related: Former USA Olympic Gymnast MyKayla Skinner Criticizes 2024 Paris Games Roster
