​Simone Biles revealed she was recently mistaken for two different Black athletes multiple times in a single day.In a now-deleted July 12 Instagram Stories post, the Olympian offered up a few more details about her experience, saying that she’d been misidentified as fellow Olympic athletes Dominique Dawes, a retired artistic gymnast, and track star Sha’Carri Richardson.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”It’s not even 6am and I’ve already gotten called Dominique Dawes 2x and Sha’Carri once,” she wrote for the post’s caption, as reported by People and Us Weekly.The 29-year-old appeared to have taken the confusion in stride, adding a couple of laughing emojis to the end of her caption. A photograph that appears to have been taken from a balcony at sunrise served as the backdrop for Biles’ post.Simone Biles poses on the Met Gala red carpet in New York City on May 5, 2025.Biles has been publicly misidentified before. She called out the Wall Street Journal in an October 2023 X post after the newspaper published an article about her featuring a photo of Shilese Jones, another prominent Black gymnast.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”This picture isn’t even me…….. try again,” Biles wrote in response to the publication’s original X post, which has since been deleted. The outlet said it corrected the photo in the story and on social media.1 / 20Michael Phelps(Rob Schumacher, USA TODAY)In previous conversations, Biles has opened up about her first encounters with racism in her sport.”I didn’t really experience it whenever I was younger, obviously, I went to a predominantly white school. But I didn’t really notice racism until 2013,” Biles told then-“Today” co-anchor Hoda Kotb in 2020. “I was on a world scene, and what made the news was another gymnast saying that if we painted our skin black, maybe we would all win because I had beaten her out of the beam medal, and she got upset.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBiles made history when she competed at the 2013 World Championships, becoming the first Black woman to win the all-around title. Italian gymnast Carlotta Ferlito made the comment referenced by Biles after failing to medal at the event.Oympian Simone Biles photographed on the mat following the U.S. Women’s Balance Beam Final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.”And that (was) really the news, rather than me winning worlds. So, other than that, it happens every day and I feel like every Black athlete or colored athlete could say that they’ve experienced it through their career,” she said to “Today” in 2020.Biles added: “But you just have to keep going for those little ones looking up to us. It doesn’t matter what you look like. You can strive for greatness, and you can be great.”This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Simone Biles says she was confused for these 2 Black athletes