Jordan Chiles must return her bronze medal in the women’s Floor Exercise event at the 2024 Olympics after a Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) ruling. In an update on August 11, the International Olympic Committee sided with the ruling, confirming that she would no longer be the bronze medalist. The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique confirmed that Chiles was being pushed out of the third spot, officially placing Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu in the bronze position.
“Following the CAS decision with regard to the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Floor Exercise Final and the amendment of the ranking by the International Gymnastics Federation, the IOC will reallocate the bronze medal to Ana Bărbosu (Romania),” the IOC said in a statement. “We are in touch with the NOC of Romania to discuss the reallocation ceremony and with USOPC regarding the return of the bronze medal.”
At the initial event, Chiles earned a score of 13.66, putting her in 5th place. After an inquiry into the score, however, judges recalibrated Chiles’s place, boosting her to third and unseating Bărbosu — who had already lifted her country’s flag in celebration. Chiles was also pushed ahead of another Romanian gymnast, Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, who was in fourth place. Chiles was shocked by the last-minute turn of events, bursting into tears and celebrating with teammate Simone Biles. She, Biles, and gold medal winner Rebeca Andrade made up the first all-Black gymnastics podium in Olympic history.
But the CAS ruled on August 10 that Chiles’s inquiry was filed after the one-minute deadline allowed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, overturning Chiles’s bronze medal win. In a press release, CAS ordered, “The initial score of 13.666 given to Ms. Jordan Chiles in the final of the women’s Floor exercise shall be reinstated.” The CAS left the medal ranking up to the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, which confirmed on Saturday night that Chiles was ousted from her third-place position, restoring the initial order with Bărbosu in third.
USA Gymnastics on Sunday released a statement saying they provided “time-stamped, video evidence” to CAS that proves Head Coach Cecile Landi submitted an inquiry 47 seconds after the initial score.
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