Paris 2024: U.S gymnast and Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles “very upset” with ‘shocking’ new rule change that could cause…

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Simone Biles has taken aim at journalists covering the Olympics in Paris for questioning competitors about their next move after winning a medal.

In the vault finals on Saturday, Biles—who has emerged as the most decorated American gymnast in history—won another gold medal.

After winning gold in the all-around and teams finals earlier this week, the 27-year-old secured a third place finish over the weekend with a combined score of 15.3 in her two vaults.

However, Simone used social media to vent her annoyance at the style of questioning Parisian reporters are choosing following her most recent victory.

“You guys really gotta stop asking athletes what’s next after they win a medal at the Olympics,” the writer stated on X.

‘Let us soak up the moment we’ve worked our whole life for,’ Biles continued in a subsequent post.

“Babysitting the medal,” she said in response to a fan’s question on what comes next for her after earning another gold medal.

With her win in the vault final on Saturday, Biles completed her remarkable Olympic career with her seventh gold medal.

Eight years after she trumped in Rio, she averaged 15.3 for her signature Yurchenko double pike and Cheng vaults to win a second gold in front of a star-studded audience that included actors John Travolta and Allison Felix, track stars, artists Pharrell and Flavour Flav, her teammates, and her parents.

This indicates that Biles, who is currently the most decorated gymnast in history, is only the second woman in history to win two vault crowns, following Czechoslovakian Vera Casalavska in 1984 and 1968.