Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles said shes hitting back at the haters and trying to uplift youngsters with the bedazzled image of a goat thats become a mainstay on her competition leotards.

The goat a reference to Biles status as the Greatest (Gymnast) Of All Time most recently made an appearance on her outfits at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, which she dominated to win her record seventh U.S. title.

In an interview this week with Marie Claire to promote her new Facebook Watch documentary series , Biles said the goat called Goldie was a dig at double standards.

The idea was to hit back at the haters, she explained. I didnt feel like it was necessarily fair how they could keep saying whatever they wanted, but then if I said something, it wasnt fair.

The haters were joking like, I swear, if she put a goat on her leo, blah, blah, blah. That would make them so angry, Biles continued. And then I was like, Oh, thats actually a good idea. Lets make the haters hate it, and the fans love it. And so thats exactly what we did and why we did it.