MyKala Skinner celebrated Team USA's superb gymnastics gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics,despite her public criticism of the team in the build-up to the Games.
Simone Biles, Suni Lee,Jordan Chiles,and Jade Carey dominated the field to top the podium as they finished five-and-a-half points clear of nearest rivals Italy.
Three-time world team champion Skinner posted a picture of the team with the medals accompanied by three heart emojis.
But Biles later appeared to snap back at Skinner. On her Instagram after the accomplishment,Biles,27,posted a picture of the team with a brutal caption.
'Lack of talent,lazy,olympic champions,' the post read,in what seems to be a specific dig at former Team USA gymnast Skinner,who criticised the team's makeup in the run-up to the games.
Simone Biles competes on the balance beam in the women's team final in Paris,France
'So I think it is just different and it is not to say that I wasn't shocked that we won because it was still super surprising,my first gold medal ever. It was so exciting. But I think the pressure was so on for us to win gold so we did just did what we were supposed to do.
'Even going into tonight,we just did what we had to do,but it just felt a little bit different. It was super exciting,we had fun out there and we just did our gymnastics.
Simone added: ‘We're super excited. We're honored to represent the US every time we get on a world stage but accomplishing that gold and that goal was just an amazing feeling.
‘I think we all had something to prove from Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and tonight we did just that.
‘It means the world. This was our goal going in,even though we didn't share it with everybody because it's just a personal thing that we were working on. But I think for everybody it's what we came here to do. And we're super excited to walk away with that gold medal.'
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