Simone Biles gets ‘blocked’ following brutal message to former team mate after gold medal win
Simone Biles has been blocked by her former Olympics teammate after the gold medalist took a savage swipe at the gymnast using her very own words.
Biles is now the most decorated gymnast in Olympics history after she won yet another gold medal in the 2024 Paris games in the women's artistic team all-around event.
Celebrating the win with her team - which was made up of gymnasts Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey, and Hezly Rivera - she posted an Instagram snap of the women celebrating with an American flag.
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But it's what she captioned the post has caused quite the stir.
She simply captioned the picture: "Lack of talent, lazy, Olympic champions." Which, quite frankly, is genius.
It comes after Olympic silver medallist MyKayla Skinner questioned the talent and worth ethic of the USA Gymnastics' Olympic team after not being picked earlier this year.
In a now-deleted video, Skinner said: "...besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn't like what it used to be."
"The girls just don't have the work ethic," she added.
She was quick to retract her claims, however, and swiftly put out an apology defending the sport, in which she said: "I want to formally apologise to Team USA and to our gymnastic community for my comments during my recent YouTube episodes of the gymnastics Olympic trials.
"It was not my intention to offend or disrespect any of the athletes or to take away from their hard work."
But it seems as though the apology didn't feel very sincere to Biles, who has clearly backed her teammates talent and work ethic all the way.
Biles' husband and Chicago Bears NFL star, Jonathan Owens, was also in support of the girls, and commented: "F AROUND AND FIND OUT."
But it seems as though Skinner has really taken the joke to heart, after she blocked Biles following the post.
Posting a photo of Biles phone on Skinners account, teammate Jordan Chiles wrote: "When she blocks Simone."
And Instagram isn't the only platform she has ridded Biles of.
On X (formerly Twitter), Biles posted: "Oops I've been blocked" with side eye and laughing emojis.
But the relationship breakdown is a sad reality for the pair, after they competed together at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games when Skinner won silver for Team USA on the vault.
Team USA's current medal count - 30
Gold medalists
- Lee Kiefer: Fencing - Women's individual foil
- Torri Huske: Swimming - Women's 100m butterfly
- Jack Alexj, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Matt King: Swimming - Men's 4x100m freestyle
- Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Hezly Rivera: Artistic Gymnastics - Women's team competition
- Katie Ledecky: Swimming - Women's 1500m freestyle
Silver medalists
- Nic Fink: Swimming - Men's 100m breaststroke
- Lauren Scruggs: Fencing - Women's individual foil
- Gretchen Walsh: Swimming - Women's 100m butterfly
- Haley Batten: Mountain Bike - Women's cross country
- Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh. Torri Huske, Simone Manuel, Erika Connolly, Abbey Weitzel: Swimming - Women's 4x100m freestyle
- Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook: Diving - Women's springboard 3m synchronised
- Katie Grimes: Swimming - Women's 400m individual medley
- Jagger Eaton: Skateboarding - Men's street
- Regan Smith: Swimming - Women's 100m backstroke
- Bobby Finke: Swimming - Men's 800m freestyle
- Carson Foster, Brooks Curry, Chris Guiliano, Luke Hobson, Drew Kibler, Blake Pieroni, Kieran Smith: Swimming - Men, 4x200m freestyle
- Perris Benegas: Cycling - Women's BMX freestyle
- Torri Huske: Swimming - Women's 100m freestyle
Bronze medalists
- Carson Foster: Swimming - Men's 400m individual medley
- Katie Ledecky: Swimming - Women's 400m freestyle
- Chloe Dygert: Cycling - Women's individual time trial
- Frederick Richard, Brody Malone, Stephen Nedoroscik, Paul Juda, Asher Hong: Artistic Gymnastics - Men's team competition
- Nick Itkin: Fencing - Men's foil individual
- Emma Weyant: Swimming - Women's 400m individual medley
- Ryan Murphy: Swimming - Men's 100m backstroke
- Luke Hobson: Swimming - Men's 200m freestyle
- Nyjah Huston: Skateboarding - Men's street
- Ilona Maher, Kayla Canett, Lauren Doyle, Alev Kelter, Kristi Kirshe, Sarah Levy, Alena Olsen, Ariana Ramsey, Steph Rovetti, Alex Sedrick, Sammy Sullivan, Naya Tapper: Rugby 7s - Women's team competition
- Katharine Berkoff: Swimming - Women's 100m backstroke
- Evy Leibfarth: Canoe slalom - Women's Canoe Single
Topics: Instagram, Olympics, Sport, Simone Biles
Mia Williams