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Simone Biles' teammate takes shady swipe at MyKayla Skinner following ongoing feud

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Updated 18:37 1 Aug 2024 GMT+1Published 18:28 1 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Simone Biles' teammate takes shady swipe at MyKayla Skinner following ongoing feud

Simone Biles' teammate has gotten involved in the debacle.

Mia Williams

Mia Williams

Simone Biles' teammate has joined the ongoing drama between the gymnast and Mykayla Skinner.

Olympic gymnast Suni Lee is next to enter into the spat between Simone Biles and her former teammate Mykayla Skinner.

The beef started when silver medallist Skinner questioned the talent and work 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."

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"The girls just don't have the work ethic," she added.

MyKayla Skinner and Simone Biles were teammates in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)
MyKayla Skinner and Simone Biles were teammates in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

She was, however, quick to retract her claims, 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."

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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.

In retaliation to the hurtful comments, after winning gold with her team, Biles posted a picture of them holding the American flag to Instagram, captioned: "Lack of talent, lazy, Olympic champions."

But it seems as though Skinner has really taken the joke to heart, after she appeared to block Biles following the post.

Yet another Gold for Team USA! (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Yet another Gold for Team USA! (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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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: "Oop I've been blocked" with side eye and laughing emojis.

Lee has now taken to the comments section of Biles' original post, where she said: "Put a finger down if Simone Biles just ended you."

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Biles' husband and Chicago Bears NFL star, Jonathan Owens, was also in support of the girls, and commented: "F AROUND AND FIND OUT."

But the relationship breakdown is a sad reality for Biles and Mykayla , after they competed together at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games when Skinner won silver for Team USA on the vault.

Featured Image Credit: Naomi Baker/Getty Images/Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

Topics: Olympics, Sport, Simone Biles

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