CNN —Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles said it “broke my heart” to see a young Black girl passed over for a medal at a gymnastics ceremony in Ireland, footage of which has gone viral. “It broke my heart to see, so I sent her a little video. “A written apology provided by the identified individual has since been issued to the competitor and her family,” the statement said. From Pakistan to Ethiopia they can see this was wrong but Gymnastics Ireland still can’t accept it and say sorry.”At the time of writing, footage of the incident has been viewed more than 40 million times on X. “What happened on the day should not have happened and for that we are deeply sorry.

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Persons: Simone Biles, “, ” Biles, ” Organizations: CNN, Gymnastics Ireland, Irish Independent Locations: Ireland, Pakistan, Ethiopia