Two-time gold medalist gymnast Gabby Douglas, has not been a stranger to criticism. She is no longer being called out for her "unkempt" hair, but she is being attacked for some remarks she made about the training facility she went to in Virginia Beach, Va.

Representatives from the Virginia gym are speaking out against Douglas' claims. 

She opened up to the Oprah Winfrey on her show "Oprah's Next Chapter," and recalled an incident of racism that took place more toward the beginning of her gymnastics career. 

"One of my teammates was like, 'Can you scrape the bar?' And they were like, 'Why doesn't Gabby do it, she's our slave?'" 16-year-old Douglas -- who moved away from her hometown and her family in order to train in West Des Moines, Iowa at age 14 -- told Winfrey. "I definitely felt isolated, I felt 'why am I deserving this? Is it because I'm black?'"

The first African American to win the All-Around gold medal wished to quit the sport if she could not switch to another facility. 

Apparently, Douglas' statement were taken as fighting words. 

"Gabby's remarks were hurtful and without merit," Excalibur Gymnastics CEO Gustavo Maure said in a statement to E! News.

"We've had more African Americans in elite and on the national team than any other gym in the country (5, 2 of them in Olympic Trials or Olympic Team Camp)," Maure continued. "Her African American former teammates will answer this serious accusation. (1st statement untruth, she was not the only African American gymnast training in the gym) We are good people. We never were knowingly involved in any type of bullying or racist treatment, like she is accusing Excalibur." 

"The accusations that are being made against the gymnasts and coaches are just sickening," Randy Stageburg, who claims to have personally trained with Douglas for two years, wrote to Gymnewstics.com. "I watched [head coach Dena Walker] and Gustavo put so much of their time and effort into gabby and the other athletes, no matter their race. 

"Gabby was never a victim, in fact many would say she was one of the favorites," Stageburg continued. "I am not saying that she never felt bullied because when you are in a sport with a bunch of girls it is bound [sic] to happen. However, anything that she may have felt was never about race and I can assure you everyone at some point has felt bullied. I never once heard her complain about girls being mean, funny how it is just now coming up." 

Moure, the CEO, told E! News he believed Douglas fabricated the story. 

"I wish to defend the children that trained with her and supported her when she attacks them with these allegations," Moure said. "Is Gabrielle a credible person just because she is an Olympic Champion? She is not giving any names or dates, leading us to believe that the accusation is fake. This wouldn't be the first time that the media has made up a story. Thousands of gymnasts and families have supported our good conduct and our professionalism during the last 30 years." 

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