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Simone Biles’ teammates back her MyKayla Skinner shade after Paris Olympics 2024 win
By Riley Cardoza,
7 hours ago
Simone Biles’ teammates have her back.
When the athlete celebrated the women’s gymnastics team’s 2024 Paris Olympics win Tuesday with an Instagram dig at MyKayla Skinner , her fellow Team USA members took to the comments section to chime in.
Biles’ shady social media upload came weeks after Skinner, who retired after taking home a silver medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, blasted Jade Carey, Jordan Chile, Hezly Rivera and Suni Lee’s lack of “talent and depth.”
Simone Biles’ teammates backed her after she clapped back at MyKayla Skinner’s comments. Getty Images Skinner infamously said the athletes lacked “work ethic.” Getty Images Biles referenced the diss while celebrating her 2024 Paris Olympics win. Getty Images
Rivera, 16, gushed that she was “so proud” of Biles, while Chiles, 23, commented, “And that’s on periodt!!”
Biles and her teammates held an American flag after their 2024 Paris Olympics win Tuesday. Getty Images Biles celebrated with Jade Chiles, Jade Carey, Hezly Rivera and Suni Lee at the 2024 Paris Olympics Tuesday. AFP via Getty Images
As for Lee, the 21-year-old reposted the upload to her Story, writing, “Put a finger down if simone biles just ended you 🖐🏼.”
Many of Biles’ followers joked that the eight-time Olympic medalist deserved an additional award just for the diss.
While Skinner, 27, has yet to respond to the clapback itself, she did share a photo of Team USA via Instagram Stories with heart emojis.
Team USA gymnasts celebrated their gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics Tuesday. Getty Images Biles and her fellow gymnasts held an American flag at the 2024 Paris Olympics Tuesday. Getty Images
“It doesn’t get more iconic than this,” the 28-year-old wrote. “She f’d around n found out fr. Feels like I need to apologize just to redeem my first name.”
Nastia Lukin called Biles’ post a “micdrop” moment, with Laurie Hernandez adding, ““LMAOOOO.”
Chiles, Lee and Rivera publicly applauded Biles’ Instagram post about Skinner. Mykayla Skinner Skinner previously competed with Biles in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Getty Images
Biles, who made history with Tuesday’s win and now holds the record as the most-decorated gymnast, later clarified on X that they are the “golden girls” because they’re the “oldest Olympic team.”
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