Carlotta Ferlito's racist comment after her team's loss to USA Gymnastics has caused a furor in the gymnastics community.  
In her racist comment, Carlotta Ferloti implied that black skin was the reason for Team USA's win: "Next time we'll have our skin black also so we can win, too"

Now Carlotta Ferlito has apologized for her racist comment on Twitter, saying: "I want to apologize with the Americans girls. I didn't want to sound rude or racist. I love Simone and I'm a huge fan of USA gymnastics."

"I've made a mistake, I'm not perfect, I was too nervous and I didn't think about what I was saying. I'm just a human. I'm so so sorry."

An Italian official, David Ciarelli, made things worse when he defended Carlotta Ferlito's racist comment: "Carlotta was referring to a trend in gymnastics at this moment, which is going towards a technique that opens up new chances to athletes of color (well-known for power) while penalizing the more artistic Eastern European style that allowed Russians and Romanians to dominate the sport for years."

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"Why are there no black swimmers? Because their physical features don't suit the sport." Ciaralli said that black people "may not have some of the necessities to be, let's say, a field manager or a general manager" and that they aren't good swimmers because they "don't have the buoyancy."

Ciaralli also apologized for the racist comments, telling the Chicago Tribune: "Possibly in saying this, I made a mistake, and I am sorry. What I said was my thoughts, not the official thoughts of the federation. I know Carlotta. She is not racist. It was just a stupid answer, and she was joking. We had no intention of offending the United States, its gymnasts or black gymnasts."