Former USA gymnastics group member McKayla Maroney is overtly throwing some shade at MyKayla Skinner.
“It doesn’t get extra iconic than this,” Maroney, 28, wrote in a touch upon Simone Biles’ Instagram submit on Tuesday, July 30. “She f’d round n came upon fr. Looks like I must apologize simply to redeem my first identify.”
Maroney’s extra apparent remark got here after Biles, 27, appeared to shade Skinner — and her previous controversial feedback — on Tuesday after the U.S. girls’s gymnastics group took the gold on the 2024 Paris Olympics. (Maroney was a part of the “Fierce 5” that gained gold on the 2012 Olympics.)
“Lack of expertise, lazy, olympic champions,” Biles captioned her submit, which confirmed her and teammates Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera holding up the American flag whereas cheering for his or her win.
Followers have been fast to attract delicate comparisons to previous feedback made by Skinner, 27, final month.
In a YouTube video, Skinner criticized “the expertise and the depth” of the U.S. gymnastics group, claiming it “isn’t what it was once.” She made positive to make clear that she was not speaking about Biles.

(L-R) Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee and Jade Carey of Staff United States have a good time after profitable the gold medals through the Inventive Gymnastics Ladies’s Staff Remaining on day 4 of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Bercy Area on July 30, 2024 in Paris, France. Ezra Shaw/Getty Pictures
“The women simply don’t have the work ethic,” Skinner continued. “A number of women don’t work as exhausting. It’s exhausting too due to SafeSport. Coaches can’t get on athletes which in some methods is actually good however on the similar time, to get to the place it’s good to be in gymnastics you do should be … somewhat aggressive, somewhat intense.”

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SafeSport is an impartial group that was created to stop “to sexual, bodily, and emotional abuse” within the U.S. Olympic and Paralympics.
After receiving a barrage of backlash for her feedback, Skinner was fast to challenge an apology.
“I wish to formally apologize to Staff USA and to our gymnastic neighborhood for my feedback throughout my latest YouTube episodes of the gymnastics Olympic trials,” she shared in a press release to Us Weekly earlier this month. “It was not my intention to offend or disrespect any of the athletes or to remove from their exhausting work. Your exhausting work and dedication has paid off and I congratulate each one in every of you.”

McKayla Maroney stands on the rostrum together with her silver medal through the medal ceremony following the Inventive Gymnastics Ladies’s Vault remaining on Day 9 of the London 2012 Olympic Video games at North Greenwich Area on August 5, 2012 in London, England. Ronald Martinez/Getty Pictures
Skinner went on to say her feedback got here following “emotional and verbal abuse” she allegedly endured beneath previous Staff USA coach Márta Károlyi. (Márta and her husband, Béla Károlyi’s alleged strict gymnastics practices got here to mild in a 2018 piece revealed by the Related Press.)
“I take full accountability for what I stated and I deeply apologize,” Skinner concluded. “It’s most essential to me that the game I really like proceed down the trail of therapeutic and ensures a optimistic setting for all. I want you all the easiest in Paris. I might be cheering you all on! Go Staff USA!”
Former USA gymnastics group member McKayla Maroney is overtly throwing some shade at MyKayla Skinner.
“It doesn’t get extra iconic than this,” Maroney, 28, wrote in a touch upon Simone Biles’ Instagram submit on Tuesday, July 30. “She f’d round n came upon fr. Looks like I must apologize simply to redeem my first identify.”
Maroney’s extra apparent remark got here after Biles, 27, appeared to shade Skinner — and her previous controversial feedback — on Tuesday after the U.S. girls’s gymnastics group took the gold on the 2024 Paris Olympics. (Maroney was a part of the “Fierce 5” that gained gold on the 2012 Olympics.)
“Lack of expertise, lazy, olympic champions,” Biles captioned her submit, which confirmed her and teammates Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera holding up the American flag whereas cheering for his or her win.
Followers have been fast to attract delicate comparisons to previous feedback made by Skinner, 27, final month.
In a YouTube video, Skinner criticized “the expertise and the depth” of the U.S. gymnastics group, claiming it “isn’t what it was once.” She made positive to make clear that she was not speaking about Biles.

(L-R) Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee and Jade Carey of Staff United States have a good time after profitable the gold medals through the Inventive Gymnastics Ladies’s Staff Remaining on day 4 of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Bercy Area on July 30, 2024 in Paris, France. Ezra Shaw/Getty Pictures
“The women simply don’t have the work ethic,” Skinner continued. “A number of women don’t work as exhausting. It’s exhausting too due to SafeSport. Coaches can’t get on athletes which in some methods is actually good however on the similar time, to get to the place it’s good to be in gymnastics you do should be … somewhat aggressive, somewhat intense.”

McKayla Maroney and MyKayla Skinner Getty Pictures (2)
SafeSport is an impartial group that was created to stop “to sexual, bodily, and emotional abuse” within the U.S. Olympic and Paralympics.
After receiving a barrage of backlash for her feedback, Skinner was fast to challenge an apology.
“I wish to formally apologize to Staff USA and to our gymnastic neighborhood for my feedback throughout my latest YouTube episodes of the gymnastics Olympic trials,” she shared in a press release to Us Weekly earlier this month. “It was not my intention to offend or disrespect any of the athletes or to remove from their exhausting work. Your exhausting work and dedication has paid off and I congratulate each one in every of you.”

McKayla Maroney stands on the rostrum together with her silver medal through the medal ceremony following the Inventive Gymnastics Ladies’s Vault remaining on Day 9 of the London 2012 Olympic Video games at North Greenwich Area on August 5, 2012 in London, England. Ronald Martinez/Getty Pictures
Skinner went on to say her feedback got here following “emotional and verbal abuse” she allegedly endured beneath previous Staff USA coach Márta Károlyi. (Márta and her husband, Béla Károlyi’s alleged strict gymnastics practices got here to mild in a 2018 piece revealed by the Related Press.)
“I take full accountability for what I stated and I deeply apologize,” Skinner concluded. “It’s most essential to me that the game I really like proceed down the trail of therapeutic and ensures a optimistic setting for all. I want you all the easiest in Paris. I might be cheering you all on! Go Staff USA!”