Simone Biles RIPS MyKayla Skinner with BRUTAL Instagram post after Team USA wins gymnastics gold in Paris Olympics

Simone Biles appeared to clap back at critics - including a former teammate of hers - after winning the team gold medal for women's gymnastics at the Paris Olympics.

Biles, along with Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, and Jade Carey, dominated the field - winning by nearly five-and-a-half points over Italy.

On her Instagram after the accomplishment, Biles posted a picture of the team with a brutal caption.

'lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions,' the post read.

That appears to be a specific dig at a former Team USA gymnast, MyKayla Skinner, who criticized the team's makeup in the run-up to the games.

In a now-deleted YouTube video, Skinner blasted the team of Biles, Chiles, Lee, Carey, and Hezly Rivera for not having the right 'work ethic'. 

'Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn't like what it used to be,' the 27-year-old said. 

'The girls just don't have the work ethic,' Skinner continued before referencing the US Center for SafeSport - a non-profit organization set up to reduce sexual abuse of minors and athletes in US Olympic sports. 

'And it's hard too because of SafeSport. Like, coaches can't get on athletes and they have to be really careful what they say.

'Which, in some ways, is really good. 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.'

In the immediate aftermath of that, Biles clapped back at Skinner, writing on Threads, 'not everyone needs a mic and a platform'. 

Biles and a number of other gymnasts, including Chiles, Lee, and Carey, all blocked Skinner on social media after her comments.

Skinner would later go on to apologize for her comments.

Amid the backlash over her recent comments, Skinner said in an Instagram video last week: 'I feel like a lot of you guys had misinterpreted or misunderstood exactly what I was meaning or had said. 

'A lot of the stuff that I was talking about 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.

'It was more about going back into my own gym and the work ethic is different compared to when we were doing gymnastics in the Marta [Karolyi] era. And I'm not sticking up for Marta or saying what she did was good, I'm just saying it was different.'

A number of people left comments under the post - with some recognizing who its intended target was.

'NEVER A DOUBT', wrote American Olympic skiing sensation Mikaela Shiffrin.

'F AROUND AND FIND OUT,' wrote Biles' husband and Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens - who also commented 'Gold medalist'.

'This caption is also worthy of a gold medal,' wrote one Biles fan.

Another said, 'Lol she's probably so jealous that you guys won.'

'IN THAT FKN ORDER LACK OF TALENT & LAZY OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS,' wrote another fan. 'Simone you a menace for this caption.'

Biles and Skinner both represented Team USA at a number of competitions - including at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

They also both picked up Olympic medals in Tokyo seven years later despite Biles withdrawing from several events with a case of the 'twisties' - a mental block that that sees a gymnast lose control of their body during a twisting skill in midair. 

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