Mykayla Skinner claims that Simone Bile’s ‘reduced’ her in the middle of Riley Gaines criticism

Gymnast Mykayla Skinner speaks against his former Olympic teammate Simone Biles At the same time, his support shared Riley Gaines, following Bile’s criticism of Gaines for her anti-trans comments.

On Saturday, June 14, Skinner, 28, said in a public statement shared via One America News that 11 o’clock Olympic Medalist Biles, 28, “deteriorated, dismissed and exhausted” her.

Both women competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Skinner, a silver medalist, was an alternative in the 2016 Rio Olympics, where Biles won its first medal.

“As an athlete who has spent a year on a sport, I have always believed that the real competition should raise us – not to reduce others. That is why it is deeply worrying to see Simone Bile’s publicly notice a complained athlete a” sore los Sport, “said Skinner in his statement, refers to a” fragile ” – simply to express valid concerns about justice in women’s sports,” said Skinner in his statement, refers to a “delicate” Bile’s latest critical comments about GainesA conservative activist and former swimmer who has criticized transgender people in sports.

“I praise and appreciate Riley Gaines to have the courage to speak up,” continued in part. “During my own career, I endured to be reduced, dismissed and exhausted behind the scenes of Simone.”

Skinner added that “the pressure to keep quiet was huge” and that she “silenced with respect” for her fellow mates and the sport at large, even though she did not share any specific details about her accusations against Biles.

A representative of Biles did not immediately respond to people’s request for comment.

“It’s one thing to agree. It’s another to use your platform to bully and remove,” completed Skinner his statement. “We should lift each other up – not tear each other to speak tough truths.”

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Biles first spoke to Gaines when she commented on a post From the Minnesota State High School League of Players, which poses with its first championship plaque in Softball State.

Gaines wrote: “Comments on LOL. To expect when your star player is a boy,” with reference to Marissa Rothenberger, a transgender cane for the team.

Biles quoted X Post and wrote: “You are really sick, all this campaign because you lost a race. Straightly delicate loser. You should lift the trans community and maybe find a way to make sports inclusive or create a new road where Trans feels confident in sports. Maybe a transgender category in all sports !! But instead … You bully them … One thing is too sure is no one in sport!”

Biles later published a long message At X on Tuesday, June 10 and told her followers that she wanted to “follow up” on her last posts about Gaines and apologize.

“I have always believed that competitive capital and inclusion are both important in sports,” she wrote. “The current system does not balance enough these important principles, which often leads to frustration and heated exchanges, and it did not help me to become personal with Riley, which I apologize for.”

Biles and Skinner have also encountered their heads before, after Skinner, in a sedan-row youtube video, criticized US gymnastics team On the way to the Paris games 2024, minus Biles.

“In addition to Simone, I feel that the talent and depth just are not like what it used to be,” said the Olympic vault medal 2020 in the video. “Just notice, I mean, obviously many girls don’t work as hard. The girls just don’t have work ethics.”

After Wins the team everywhere gold medal July 30, BILES apparently responded to Skinner’s comments on Instagram threadsto write, “Not everyone needs a microphone and a platform.”

In a statement that was later shared with people through a representative, apologized and said partly: “I formally want to apologize to Team USA and to our gymnastics society for my comments during my latest Youtube episodes of Olympic gymnastics.”

Gaines and Bile’s first exchange was induced by the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to push back against states, including California, which allows transgender people to participate in sports that comply with their gender identity.

After 16-year-old transgender AB Hernandez won both High School Girls High Jump and Triple Jump at a California State Track meeting earlier this month, the Trump administration threatened California with fines and legal action, according to CBS news.

Hernandez’s success also caused California’s Interscholastic Federation to change its rules to allow more “biological female student athletes” to participate in the same event as transatheses also participate in, according to Associated Press.