Olympian Suni Lee is responding to MyKayla Skinner’s criticism following the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Suni—who gained two particular person bronze medals and took dwelling gold within the workforce all-around alongside Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera—shared her ideas on her former teammate’s since-deleted YouTube video criticizing the gymnasts for missing “work ethic.”
“Now we have a variety of love for her,” Suni instructed Glamourin an interview printed Oct. 3. “It’s irritating to see her put us down as a result of she is aware of, principally, about each single factor that we’ve all been by means of.”
And the 21-year-old—who battled two types of kidney illness forward of the 2024 Video games that resulted in her physique swelling and gaining 45 kilos “in a span of two weeks”—added, “It was extra annoying due to all of the issues that I’ve been by means of.”
Again in July, MyKayla mentioned in a YouTube video that “the expertise and the depth simply is not like what it was” and that “a variety of women do not work as laborious” in comparison with her time competing within the 2016 Rio Olympics. MyKayla additionally commented on what she sees as difficulties because of SafeSport, a nonprofit group created with a view to assist finish abuse in athletics.
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“Coaches cannot get on athletes and so they must be actually cautious what they are saying,” she mentioned. “Which, in some methods is admittedly good, however on the identical time, to get to the place you have to be in gymnastics you do must be, I really feel like, a bit of aggressive and a bit of intense.”
Through the Paris Video games, Simone who appeared to clap again at MyKayla by referring to her personal workforce as “lack of expertise, lazy, olympic champions” in an Instagram submit celebrating their gold medal win.
And for Simone, talking as much as defend your self is an important lesson to move on to fellow gymnasts.
“It is vital as a result of it’s a must to train them to make use of their voices,” Simone instructed Individuals in an article printed Aug. 6. “And if not, you are a voice for the unvoiced, which is OK.”
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