Simone Biles Seemingly Responds To Former Teammate’s Controversy

Simone Biles is at all times going to talk her thoughts.

MyKayla Skinner, a former olympic gymnast and 2020 Olympic vault silver medalist, just isn’t impressed with the expertise pool in gymnastics lately. In a now-deleted Youtube video, Skinner seemingly referred to as out Suni Lee, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, and Hezly Rivera, who’re all set to characterize Crew USA together with Simone Biles in Paris.

“In addition to Simone, I really feel just like the expertise and the depth simply isn’t like what it was once,” MyKayla mentioned.

“The women simply don’t have the work ethic,” she continued, occurring to reference the U.S. Heart for SafeSport, a nonprofit group, serving to to finish abuse in athletics. “And it’s laborious too due to SafeSport. Like, coaches can’t get on athletes and so they must be actually cautious what they are saying.”

“Which, in some methods, is absolutely good, however on the similar time, to get to the place it is advisable to be in gymnastics you do must be, I really feel like, just a little aggressive and just a little intense,” Skinner mentioned.

MyKayla has since deleted the video and apologized, taking to her Instagram Story on July 3, saying she’s “sorry for something that obtained out of context or appeared hurtful.”

“I really feel like plenty of you guys had misinterpreted or misunderstood precisely what I used to be which means or had mentioned,” she continued.

Nonetheless, her feedback reached Crew USA, which, in fact, consists of her former teammate, Biles. And though Simone was the one one saved from Skinner’s critiques, she nonetheless doesn’t appear joyful about how MyKayla spoke about her present teammates.

On July 3, Biles posted a cryptic put up on Threads, writing, “Not everybody wants a mic and a platform.”

Whereas she didn’t point out her former teammate by title, it undoubtedly looks like her put up was in response to Skinner’s controversial feedback.