- Simone Biles appeared to swipe at a former teammate on social media after winning gold.
- MyKayla Skinner had criticized the 2024 squad, then later apologized.
- Here’s how their feud came into public view during the Paris Olympics.
After a gold medal win in the women’s team event — a triumphant comeback for Simone Biles after the Tokyo Games — the most decorated gymnast in the world took to Instagram with a seemingly pointed post.
“Lack of talent, lazy, Olympic champions,” Biles quipped under a carousel of photos of the 2024 team celebrating their victory.
The caption appeared to be a not-so-veiled dig at Biles’ former teammate, MyKayla Skinner — a retired gymnast who competed alongside Biles at the 2016 Olympics in Rio (as an alternate) and in Tokyo, where she took home silver on vault.
But Skinner — a popular social media influencer — more recently criticized the depth of talent and work ethic on the 2024 squad.
