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Simone Biles<\/strong><\/a> with a message! The Olympic gymnast<\/a> slammed haters who had negative things to say about how she wore her hair during the July 28 women\u2019s gymnastics events.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t come for me about my hair. IT WAS DONE but bus has NO AC & it\u2019s like 9,000 degrees,\u201d Simone, 27, wrote via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, July 30. In the video clip, the Ohio native sat on a bus while she used a battery-operated fan to cool off.<\/p>\n \u201cOh & a 45 min ride,\u201d she continued. In an additional slide, Simone added, \u201cGonna hold your hand when I say this, next time you wanna comment on a black girls hair. JUST DON\u2019T.\u201d<\/p>\n Simone\u2019s sassy clapback follows a bombardment of comments online during the Sunday, July 28, artistic gymnastics women\u2019s qualification event, where online users criticized her loosely knotted \u201cmessy\u201d bun. Simone styled her dark hair in a slicked-back bun with loose ends poking out and completed the look with Team U.S.A.\u2019s iconic navy blue leotard<\/a>, adorned with bedazzled stars and sheer sleeves.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just trying to figure out why Simone Biles hair never done ? Like girllll come on. STILL LOVE HER AND HOPE SHE DOES GREAT!\u201d the hater wrote. Meanwhile, another social media user added, \u201cSimone Biles hair never being done properly be pissing me off. Everybody else on the team is put together, then she looks like she just rolled out of bed.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSimone Biles is a legend to say the least, but why is sis hair never done?\u201d a third quipped.<\/p>\n However, fans of the Olympic athlete were quick to defend her, writing, \u201cSimone Biles is the greatest gymnast of all time, yet some Black women would rather focus on criticizing her hair.\u201d<\/p>\n Simone wore her hair in a similar style for the events on Tuesday, July 30, where she capped off an incredible floor routine to clinch the gold medal for Team U.S.A. Her first gold medal since adding three to her collection during the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.<\/p>\n The eight-time Olympic medalist addressed comments about her appearance throughout her career in her new documentary, Simone Biles Rising<\/em>, which premiered on Netflix on July 17.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople hate my hair for meet days. \u2018Her hair is all over the place! Look at it! It\u2019s crazy,\u2019\u201d she explained. \u201cBut then again, we do it by ourselves. We\u2019re not professionals. You just can\u2019t win.\u201d<\/p>\n In another scene, the professional athlete called 2016 an especially trying time, telling cameras that people were \u201cway too comfortable commenting things.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo I try to silence the noise,\u201d Simone continued. \u201cI think the beauty standard \u2026 everything is just too much.<\/p>\n