Olympics U.S. Gymnastics Team, And Simone Biles Seemingly Responded
“I feel like a lot of you guys had misinterpreted or misunderstood exactly what I was meaning or had said.”
This is MyKayla Skinner. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as part of the U.S. Gymnastics team.
Another, much more notable U.S. Gymnastics team member is Simone Biles, who is also set to compete as part of this summer’s Olympics in Paris.
So, MyKayla recently uploaded a YouTube video that’s since been deleted, where she made disparaging comments about the current U.S. Gymnastics team — as well as the nonprofit organization U.S. Center for SafeSport, which aims to end abusive practices within the world of athletics.
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Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn’t like what it used to be,” she said in the video. “The girls just don’t have the work ethic.”
MyKayla went on to criticize SafeSport, saying they make it “hard” because “coaches can’t get on athletes and they have to be really careful what they say.”
Which, in some ways, is really good,” she noted, “but at the same time, to get to where you need to be in gymnastics you do have to be, I feel like, a little aggressive and a little intense.”
Hey, guys, just wanted to pop on here really quick, because I know we did the recap on YouTube, and I feel like a lot of you guys had misinterpreted or misunderstood exactly what I was meaning or had said,” she commented in a since-expired IG story slide (via Entertainment Tonight).
She went on to say that “a lot of the stuff” she said “wasn’t always necessarily about the current team, because I love and support all the girls that made it and I’m so proud of them.”
A gymnast raises her arms after a routine in an empty arena, wearing a sparkly leotard with a pattern on the front
“So anyway, sorry for anything that got out of context or seemed hurtful. That is never my intention. And seriously, throughout the video, I was so pumped for the girls, and it was fun watching trials and doing a live w
ith everybody.”
