‘Lazy Olympic champions’: Biles claps back at former US teammate after Paris gold
by Bryan Armen Graham in Paris from US news | The Guardian on (#6PM9H)
- MyKayla Skinner had questioned talent of US team
- Biles and US teammates won gold in Paris on Tuesday
- Latest medal table | Live Paris schedule | Full results
Athletes find motivation from all kinds of places. For Simone Biles, at least some of the bulletin-board material that inspired her in Tuesday's women's gymnastics team final came from a familiar face.
Hours after Biles helped the United States to a team gold for the third time in the last four Olympics, the 27-year-old posted a photo to Instagram of herself celebrating atop the podium alongside fellow gold medalists Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera.
Continue reading...