Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles on Saturday criticized USA Gymnastics' appointment of Mary Bono as interim president and chief executive officer. 
 
 Biles, USA Gymnastics' biggest star, quote-tweeted Bono's post from last month that was critical of Nike in the wake of the apparel company's advertising campaign featuring NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. 
 
 Bono, who was appointed to her new roles on Friday, posted a photo of herself blacking out a Nike logo on a golf shoe. In response, Biles tweeted: "*mouth drop* ... don't worry, it's not like we needed a smarter usa gymnastics president or any sponsors or anything." 
 
 *mouth drop* 
 
 
 
 don't worry, it's not like we needed a smarter usa gymnastics president or any sponsors or anything https://t.co/cYQizcjywn — Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) October 13, 2018 
 
 Bono, a former Republican congresswoman, last month also retweeted a response to her tweet that said "#BoycottNike." 
 
 Bono has since deleted the photo, and about five hours after Biles' post, Bono wrote that she regretted making the initial message. 
 
 "I regret the post and respect everyone's views & fundamental right to express them," Bono tweeted. "This doesn't reflect how I will approach my position @USAGym I will do everything I can to help build, w/ the community, an open, safe & positive environment." 
 
 USA Gymnastics has been without an apparel sponsor since Under Armour ended its deal with the organization in late 2017. Biles is personally sponsored by Nike. 
 
 The discord is just the latest in a string of public dilemmas for USA Gymnastics, which is still struggling to emerge from the fallout of the sexual abuse scandal surrounding former team doctor Larry Nassar. More than 200 women, including Biles and current and former members of the organization's elite program, have come forward over the past two years saying that Nassar sexually abused them under the guise of treatment. 
 
 Bono served as a principal at the law firm of Faegre Baker Daniels before her new appointment. USA Gymnastics previously used the same law firm when it first suspended Nassar in the summer of 2015 after hearing complaints about the methods he used to treat gymnasts. 
 
 An attorney for Faegre Baker Daniels agreed to Nassar's suggestions to provide "false excuses" for his absence from major gymnastics events during the summer of 2015. The attorney said USA Gymnastics would explain his absence by saying he was missing for "personal reasons." Nassar asked whether they could instead say the former doctor was sick, and the attorney agreed to use that excuse. 
 
 USA Gymnastics allowed Nassar to announce he was retiring from his work with the national team in September 2015 while he remained under federal investigation for claims of sexual assault. Bono's name does not appear in any documents or emails that detail the law firm's previous work with USA Gymnastics. 
 
 Bono will hold her roles while USA Gymnastics searches for a permanent successor to Kerry Perry, who resigned under pressure from the United States Olympic Committee in September after spending nine months on the job. 
 
 Nike's Kaepernick campaign has been met with some product boycotts by those who disagree with the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback's activism and decision to kneel during the national anthem before NFL games. 
 
 Biles, who won four gold medals in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, was named to the 2018 world championship team on Friday, shortly before Bono's hiring was announced. 
 
 Information from ESPN's Dan Murphy was used in this report. ||||| I regret the post and respect everyone’s views & fundamental right to express them. This doesn’t reflect how I will approach my position @ USAGym I will do everything I can to help build, w/ the community, an open, safe & positive environment. ||||| A day after U.S.A. Gymnastics appointed an interim leader to help move the sport beyond months of tumult and scandal, the organization again found itself embroiled in controversy on Saturday — and facing criticism from one of the sport’s biggest stars. 
 
 The new leader, Mary Bono, came under fire for an anti-Nike tweet that she posted in September, days after the company announced an ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, the former N.F.L. quarterback who knelt during the national anthem to protest racial inequality and police killings of black people. 
 
 As critics pledged to boycott Nike products, Ms. Bono shared a photo of herself using a marker to black out the Nike logo on her golf cleats. 
 
 Simone Biles, who won four gold medals and a bronze at the 2016 Olympics and who will compete for the United States in this year’s world championships, resurfaced the tweet with a critical post of her own on Saturday.
– USA Gymnastics is trying to get past months of scandal—but as of Saturday, their house is still rocking. The organization's appointment of Mary Bono as interim president and CEO landed with a shockwave when gold medalist Simone Biles reacted in disbelief: "*Mouth drop* ... don't worry, it's not like we needed a smarter usa gymnastics president or any sponsors or anything," she tweets. Her message links to a now-deleted tweet from Bono criticizing Nike's ad campaign with NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, ESPN reports. A photo showed Bono, a former GOP congresswoman, blacking out the Nike logo on her golf cleats with a marker. Bono responded about five hours after Biles' criticism: "I regret the post and respect everyone's views & fundamental right to express them," Bono tweets. "This doesn't reflect how I will approach my position @USAGym I will do everything I can to help build, w/ the community, an open, safe & positive environment." Bono's appointment was designed to help USA Gymnastics get past the sexual-abuse scandal involving national team doctor Lawrence Nassar, and by extension, the leadership of past president Steve Penny. But now they've got a new problem: As a father of four children in USA Gymnastics tells the New York Times, "After everything that's happened, this is what they do?"