Simone Biles has hit out at reporters covering the Paris Olympics for quizzing athletes on what comes next after they get their hands on medals.
Biles, who has become the most decorated American gymnast of all time at this summer’s Games, captured another gold medal in the vault finals on Saturday.
The 27-year-old had already claimed gold in the teams finals and all-around events earlier this week, before picking up a third at the weekend with a score of 15.3 across her two vaults.
Yet after her latest triumph, Simone took to social media to express her frustration with the line of questioning reporters are opting for in Paris.
She wrote on X: ‘you guys really gotta stop asking athletes what’s next after they win a medal at the Olympics.’
Simone Biles has hit out at Olympics reporters for quizzing athletes on what comes next
Biles then added in another post: ‘let us soak up the moment we’ve worked our whole lives for’.
When asked by a fan what does come next for her after winning another gold, she replied: ‘babysitting the medal’.
Biles’ victory in Saturday’s vault final handed her the seventh gold medal of her illustrious Olympics career.
In front of a star-studded crowd that included actor John Travolta, track star Allyson Felix, artists Pharrell and Flavor Flav, her teammates and her parents, she averaged 15.3 for her signature Yurchenko double pike and Cheng vaults to claim a second gold on the event eight years after she trumped in Rio.
It means Biles, who is already the most decorated gymnast in history, is now only the second woman to win two vault crowns after Vera Casalavska, of Czechoslovakia (1984 and 1968).
Biles took to social media to express her frustration with the line of questioning in Paris
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The 27-year-old won her third gold of this summer’s Games in the vault final on Saturday
Simone Biles and the rest of team USA celebrate their gold medal win
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The American has now won three gold medals in Paris, having already secured victory in the team finals and the individual all-around competition. Her teammate Jade Carey secured bronze, with Brazil’s Rebecca Andrade taking the silver medal.
Biles now has 10 Olympic medals in her career, tied for the third most by a female gymnast. She also boosted her medal count at major international competitions to 40, the most by any gymnast.
She will also have two more chances to boost her medal haul in Paris when she competes in the balance beam and floor exercise finals on Monday.
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