Summary
Olympic championSimone Bileswas involved in a recent feud with former teammate MyKayla Skinner. Star of Netflix’s docuseriesSimone Biles Rising, Biles is currently competing in her third Olympic Games inParis 2024, where she recently won Gold in the Team All-Around Eventalong with teammates Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Hezly Rivera, and Suni Lee. Biles took home another gold medal in the Individual All-Around Event, which took place on June 27, 2025.Biles is the most decorated gymnast in history, with 30 World Championship medals and nine Olympic medals as of the time of writing.
Simone Biles Risingdepicts some of the lesser-known details about Biles' personal life, including her early experiences in foster care and herrelationship with her biological parents. The documentarySimone Biles Risingreceived positive reviewsand was released just in time before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will conclude on August 11. Biles has made headlines outside of her recent competition results for her online feud with former Olympic teammateMyKayla Skinner, who made inflammatory comments about the “lack of talent” and “work ethic” of the current U.S. Women’s Gymnastics teamthat just took home the top prize.
Simone Biles & MyKayla Skinner’s Olympics History Explained
Skinner & Biles were Olympic teammates in 2021
Skinner, Biles, and the 2021 U.S. team finished second in Tokyo and took home the silver medal, breaking the gold medal streak that started at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Biles and Skinner competed together for the United States at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, which were postponed due to the global pandemic. In fact,all the members of the 2024 Olympic champion U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team were also teammates with Skinner in 2021,with the exception of the newly added Rivera. Skinner, Biles, and the 2021 U.S. team finished second in Tokyo and took home the silver medal, breaking the gold medal streak that started at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. As discussed inSimone Biles Rising, Biles withdrew from the Team All-Around event after experiencing what’s known as the “twisties.”
Skinner placed second in the vaulting part of the Women’s All-Around event in her contribution to the team’s silver medal effort in the absence of Biles. The 2021 silver medal would be the only Olympic medal Skinner would achieve in her gymnastics career.Skinner and Biles first became teammates at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, with Skinner being named as an alternate. Skinner also won several NCAA Championship medals and World Championship medals before retiring from professional gymnastics after the conclusion of the 2021 Olympic Games. Biles continued her career to become one of the greatest athletes in Olympic history.
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What MyKayla Skinner Said About Team USA Gymnasts Before The 2024 Olympics
The online friction between Skinner and Biles began when Skinner uploaded a since-deleted YouTube video in which she openly critiqued the 2024 U.S. women’s gymnastics Olympic team.
The online friction between Skinner and Biles began whenSkinner uploaded a since-deleted YouTube video in which she openly critiqued the 2024 U.S. women’s gymnastics Olympic teamafter the Olympic trials were held in late June. Skinner said in the video, “Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn’t like what it used to be.” This comment certainly took aim at three of Skinner’s former teammates, Chiles, Carey, and Lee, as well as newcomer Rivera. Skinner continued, “A lot of girls don’t work as hard….The girls just don’t have the work ethic.”
Biles, who is undoubtedly the leader of the U.S. team and the greatest Olympic gymnast of all time, clearly became aware of Skinner’s comment and appeared to clap back during an Instagram post celebrating the 2024 team’s gold medal win. Biles posted a photo of the 2024 Team All-Around Olympic Champions with the caption “Lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions".Many people online quickly interpreted Biles' caption as a direct response to Skinner’s comments. Lee, who just won the bronze in the Individual All-Around event, commented on the post, “Put a finger down if Simone Biles just ended you.”
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Jordan Chiles revealed that Skinner blocked Biles on Instagram
Biles and her 2024 teammates made the biggest statement by winning gold medals in the Team All-Around event, emphasized by Biles' gold and Lee’s bronze in the Individual All-Around on August 1. Even thoughSkinner apologized for her comments several times and showed support for the 2024 Olympic champion squadon social media, a post from Biles on X (Twitter) and an Instagram Story post from Chiles confirmed that Skinner blocked Biles on Instagram. Skinner recently toldPeoplethat her comments in the YouTube video weren’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.”Simone Bileswill compete again in Paris on August 3 and 5.
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Simone Biles: Rising
Cast
After stepping away from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to mental health struggles, Simone Biles embarks on a transformative journey. The docuseries follows her as she overcomes past traumas, rebuilds her gymnastics skills, and prepares for a triumphant return to the Olympic stage in Paris.
