In gymnast MyKayla Skinner's deleted video, she criticized Team USA before the Olympics and said the talent 'isn't like what it used to be.'
In gymnast MyKayla Skinner's deleted video, she criticized Team USA before the Olympics and said the talent"isn't like what it used to be."
"I feel like a lot of you guys had misinterpreted or misunderstood exactly what I was meaning or had said," Skinner shared in a July 3 Instagram Story video."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," the 27-year-old continued, adding that the"work ethic is different" compared to when"we were doing gymnastics" with former national team coordinator Márta Károlyi."And I'm not sticking up for Márta or saying what she did was good, I'm just saying it was different.""Sorry for anything that got out of context or seemed hurtful," the athlete added.
"I love those girls and I'm seriously so happy for them," Skinner said."I would never do anything to make them feel otherwise. So, sorry if that came out wrong, that was not my intentions at all.""Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn't like what it used to be," she said."Just notice like, I mean, obviously a lot of girls don't work as hard.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly"The girls just don't have the work ethic," Skinner added."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.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
MyKayla Skinner's Comments on 2024 Olympic Gymnasts Stir ControversyMyKayla Skinner sparked controversy among her fellow Olympic gymnasts when she criticized their work ethic
Read more »
Utah Olympic Park, Utah Olympic Oval will host Olympic Day Celebrations FridayIf you've ever wanted to try the skeleton, speed skating, or meet some of our Olympic athletes, this is the day to do it.
Read more »
Olympic Day celebrations bring fun to Utah Olympic Park, Utah Olympic OvalChris joins FOX 13 after spending seven-and-a-half years at KSNW, the NBC affiliate in Wichita, Kansas, where he served as a bureau reporter, multimedia journalist and eventually Sports Director.
Read more »
How Olympic Gymnast Jordan Chiles Stays ResilientOlympic Silver medalist and longtime member of the US Women's National Gymnastics Team Jordan Chiles talks confidence, nutrition, and recovery.
Read more »
US gymnast Skye Blakely's Olympic status in question after suffering leg injury during practice: reportsSkye Blakely, the 19-year-old U.S. gymnast, sees her Olympics status in question after suffering an apparent leg injury during practice in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Read more »
Gymnast Skye Blakely pulls out of Olympic trials following Achilles injurySkye Blakely’s bid to make the U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team is over. The 19-year-old will miss the Olympic trials after suffering a right Achilles injury during training. Blakely was going through her floor exercise routine inside Target Center when her right leg gave way during a tumbling pass.
Read more »