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Simone Biles Says She Was Misidentified as 2 Other Black Athletes in 1 Day

Olympian Simone Biles is opening up about a recent experience in which she says she was misidentified as two Black athletes multiple times in one day. “It’s not even 6 a.m. and I’ve already gotten called Dominique Dawes 2x,” Biles, 29, wrote via her Instagram Story on Sunday, July 12, referring to the retired Olympic gymnast, “and Sha’Carri [Richardson] once.” (Richardson, 26, is an Olympic track and field sprinter.) Biles added three laughing emojis to her message, which was shared alongside a photo of the sky from a balcony. Biles previously revealed in a 2020 interview t...