A US Olympic champ really isn’t the champ she was awarded as — and has to RETURN her medal… Says the Worldwide Olympic Committee!
Should you caught the ground last on the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday, you’ll know US gymnast Jordan Chiles snagged third place successful bronze in a neck-and-neck ruling. After initially putting fifth with a rating of 13.666, the 23-year-old’s coach Cecile Landi challenged the rating by addressing the athlete’s damage, arguing her issue rating ought to have been greater. The judges general agreed and added 0.1 to her rating, which took it as much as 13.766 — offering her an edge over Romanian gymnasts Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, who each scored 13.700.
The second made historical past as gold medalist Rebeca Andrade and silver medalist Simone Biles appeared alongside Jordan within the first all-Black Olympics gymnastics podium! However all that celebration has now been lower brief…
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A day after the occasion, the Romanian Olympic Committee contested the choice, and on Saturday, the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport dominated that discover of Jordan’s damage was submitted 4 seconds past the one-minute regulation. Oh s**t…
The ruling said:
“The inquiry submitted on behalf of Ms Jordan Chiles within the Closing of the ladies’s Flooring train was raised after the conclusion of the one-minute deadline offered by article 8.5 of the 2024 FIG Technical Laws and is decided to be with out impact.”
That’s WILD.
Being so, the IOC introduced on Sunday that Jordan’s bronze medal can be reallocated to Romanian gymnast Ana:
“Following the CAS resolution with regard to the Ladies’s Creative Gymnastics Flooring Train Closing and the modification of the rating by the Worldwide Gymnastics Federation, the IOC will reallocate the bronze medal to Ana Barbosu (Romania). We’re in contact with the NOC of Romania to debate the reallocation ceremony and with USOPC concerning the return of the bronze medal.”
WOW! How devastating for Jordan… Amid all of the rulings, the athlete took to Instagram Tales to share a collection of damaged coronary heart emojis. She wrote:
“I’m taking this time and eradicating myself from social media for my psychological well being, thanks.”
Simone Biles later shared her help by posting an image of them collectively, writing alongside coronary heart emojis:
“sending you a lot love Jordan maintain your chin up olympic champ! we love you!”
After the choice was made, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee revealed they are going to be interesting the choice:
“We firmly imagine that Jordan rightfully earned the bronze medal, and there have been essential errors in each the preliminary scoring by the Worldwide Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the next CAS enchantment course of that should be addressed. The preliminary error occurred within the scoring by FIG, and the second error was in the course of the CAS enchantment course of, the place the USOPC was not given enough time or discover to successfully problem the choice. Because of this, we weren’t correctly represented or afforded the chance to current our case comprehensively. Given these circumstances, we’re dedicated to pursuing an enchantment to assist Jordan Chiles obtain the popularity she deserves. We stay devoted to supporting her as an Olympic champion and can proceed to work diligently to resolve this matter swiftly and pretty.”
What a wild scenario! What are your ideas, Perezcious readers? Do you agree with the ruling? Tell us within the feedback down under!
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