Olympian Gabby Douglas appeared on 'Oprah's Next Chapter' and charged that fellow gymnasts who bullied her and referred to her as their 'slave' in Virginia were the reason she left the state and pursued her gymnastic career in Iowa.

But the head of her gymnasium in Virginia Beach says he has no idea what the gold medalist is talking about.

'Gabby's remarks were hurtful and without merit,' Excalibur Gymnastics CEO Gustavo Maure said in a statement to E! News when he heard that the 16-year-old was claiming on national television that she felt 'bullied and isolated from the group,' possibly because she is black.

'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.'
Another athlete who trained at Douglas' gym for eight years and even with Douglas has refuted her claims, calling them 'absolutely ridiculous.'.