American gymnast Jordan Chiles must return the bronze medal she won in the Paris Olympics floor exercise after an on-floor appeal was voided
The American gymnast Jordan Chiles must return the bronze medal she won in the Paris Olympics floor exercise. The news came after sport’s highest courtannounced early on Sunday it was reallocating the bronze from last Monday’s women’s floor final to Romania’s Ana Barbosu after gymnastics’ governing body, the FIG, said on Saturday night it would respect the court’s decision and elevate Barbosu to third.Cas ruled on Saturday that Landi’s appeal to have 0.
Cas wrote on Saturday that the initial finishing order should be restored, with Barbosu third, the Romanian Sabrina Maneca-Voinea fourth and Chiles fifth. The organization added the FIG should determine the final ranking “in accordance with the above decision”, but left it up to the federation to decide who would get the bronze medal. The Romanian gymnastics federation has asked for three bronze medals to be awarded.
The rapid turn of events adds another layer to what has been a difficult few days for all three athletes. The Romanian gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci said she feared for Barbosu’s mental health because of the saga. “I can’t believe we play with athletes mental health and emotions like this … let’s protect them,” Comaneci posted on X earlier in the week.
Barbosu and Maneca-Voinea were left outside the medals in the floor final after finishing with matching scores of 13.700. Barbosu thought she had won bronze over Maneca-Voinea via a tiebreaker – a higher execution score – and began celebrating with a Romanian flag. Chiles was the last athlete to compete and initially given a score of 13.666 that placed her fifth, behind Maneca-Voinea. Landi called for an inquiry on Chiles’ score was announced.
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