Michelle Obama, the previous first girl of the USA, praised American gymnasts Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles for displaying sportsmanship towards Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade.
Biles and Chiles took house silver and bronze medals, respectively, on the ground train on the Paris Olympics whereas Andrade received the gold. Biles and Chiles then bowed to Andrade whereas on the rostrum in what appeared to underscore what the Olympic spirit was all about.
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Michelle Obama attends the “50 years of equal pay” celebration in the course of the U.S. Open on Aug. 28, 2023, in New York Metropolis. (Jean Catuffe/GC Pictures)
Whereas Baltimore Ravens star Marlon Humphrey referred to as the second “literally disgusting” in a trollish submit on X, Obama had nothing however reward for the gymnasts.
“I’m still not over this beautiful moment of sisterhood and sportsmanship! You can just feel the love shining through these ladies. Congrats Rebeca, Jordan and Simone!” Obama wrote.
Andrade had labored again from three ACL surgical procedures to get the gold, which is why Biles and Chiles have been seen praising her.
Simone Biles, left, and Jordan Chiles salute Rebeca Andrade in the course of the podium ceremony for the inventive gymnastics girls’s ground train on the Paris Olympics on Aug. 5, 2024. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP through Getty Pictures)
“I think it’s all about sportsmanship, and we don’t care whether we win or lose. We’re always going to keep a good face and support our competitors because they’ve worked just as hard as we have for that moment,” Biles mentioned on NBC’s “Today” on Tuesday.
“So you have to give them their flowers. And that’s exactly what me and Jordan were doing, and we were so happy for her. She deserved it. She had the best floor routine of the day and in the Olympics. So it’s like, yeah, she deserved it.”
Humphrey’s take wasn’t properly acquired on social media.
“I’m lowkey getting cooked right now. I think I’m getting cussed out in Brazilian on Instagram lol,” he added on X later Monday.
Rebeca Andrade celebrates on the Bercy Area in the course of the Paris Olympics on Aug. 5, 2024. (Tim Clayton/Corbis through Getty Pictures)
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Andrade completed with 4 medals on the Paris Olympics. She received silver within the all-around and vault competitions. She additionally received a bronze as a part of the staff last with Brazil.
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