Simone Biles ‘heartbroken’ by ‘racist’ viral video

Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles has said “there is no room for racism in any sport” after this video of a young Black gymnast who was denied a medal went viral.

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[agnescgarnett]

That racist judge should NEVER be able to work in that field ever again.

[ivasvetlinova]

This is beyond racist, it is cruel and must be punished

[ngoziorji]

This is quite disgusting. she must be fired immediately . What a "racist"

[johnnyreed]

It was heartbreaking watching the young lady treated with such racism which by no means was an accident...

[ginag]

This woman is just cruel and disgusting.

[skillet]

It wasn't an honest error. It was racism plain and simple.

[alenewells]

That woman knew exactly what she was doing, she meant to do it from the bottom of her soul, she's a racist! Shame on her! Bless that young lady🙏

[theah]

I hope that racist judge was fired!!!! Unacceptable!!!!

[charlenehunt-miles]

This is UNACCEPTABLE if this was done to any other child of a different ethnicity there would be more of an outrage. THIS WOMAN NEEDS TO BE FIRED.

[IrvinGriffin-khuo]

Fire her immediately and publicly without hesitation.

[CheeseCakes-qq]

This woman needs to be fired!!! There is absolutely NO room for racism in sports especially when you prove yourself a great athlete!!

[kara_]

Disgraceful! That woman should be fired!

[kittykatty]

That woman needs to be named and shamed. Her intentional racist behaviour was disgusting, it was not an error!!

[mimitek]

It was deliberate on the lady’s part, what an evil woman to do that to a child.

[jonnydallas]

How could she treat that little girl like that? Disgusting!😢😢

[maureen-]

This was racist and intentional. She should be fired. No amount of apologies can right this wrong. We need her name.

[unapologeticrevolutionary]

Black athletes and people all over the world should organise and look for the family of the little girl and award the courageous little girl a real gold medal for standing up against disgusting racism.

[paulwhitehead]

I’m mortified. As an Irish citizen, it’s hard to watch this and not see it as racist and intentional. Is she blind? She was literally staring at the black child and then put the medal on the next white child. Disgusting.

[marthaacham]

Actually this woman shld be fired immediately

[tekeshaharris]

Thank you Simone, when you reached out to that lil girl I’m sure it made her feel a 100 times better. That judge should’ve been FIRED 💯