Simone Biles‘ reunion with her mom Nellie after winning Olympic gold was caught on camera in Paris on Tuesday night
Biles, 27, led the United States to their fourth Olympic gold in the women’s team event with dazzling performances on all four apparatus. It was her fifth gold medal, making her USA’s most decorated gymnast in Olympic history.
And after etching her name once again into the history books, Biles was filmed reunited with her understandably emotional mother Nellie in the French capital.
NBC cameras caught Biles walking with her NFL-playing husband Jonathan Owens when she spotted her mom and ran over to hug her.
Nellie kissed Biles on the cheek before holding her daughter’s gold medal aloft with hundreds of fans witnessing the emotional scenes alongside the television cameras.
While Biles was in the mood to celebrate on Tuesday night, she also made a point of silencing her doubters.
On her Instagram after the accomplishment, Biles posted a picture of the team with a brutal caption.
‘lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions,’ the post read.
That appears to be a specific dig at a former Team USA gymnast, MyKayla Skinner, who criticized the team’s makeup in the run-up to the games.
In a now-deleted YouTube video, Skinner blasted the team of Biles, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey, and Hezly Rivera for not having the right ‘work ethic’.
‘Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn’t like what it used to be,’ the 27-year-old said.
‘The girls just don’t have the work ethic,’ Skinner continued before referencing the US Center for SafeSport – a non-profit organization set up to reduce sexual abuse of minors and athletes in US Olympic sports.
