Flavor Flav was one of the biggest supporters of American female Olympians during the Paris Olympics, supporting Jordan Chiles.
Chilis was in the running for the bronze medal. USA Gymnastics said Monday that the Center for Arbitration for Sport (CAS) would not consider new video evidence it had obtained to overturn Chilis’ score from 13.777 to 13.666. USA Gymnastics said it would pursue all legal options to rectify the situation.
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Flavor Flav spoke at VeeCon 2024 in Los Angeles on August 11, 2024. (Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Flavor Flav presents Chills with a glittering bronze watch necklace.
“USA will fight the powers that be, in the meantime, I am always a man of my word @ChilesJordan,” he wrote to X.
Chilis has not been allowed on social media since the CAS handed down its initial ruling, and the International Olympic Committee ordered him to return his bronze medal.
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But her mother responded to the X rapper.
“Thank you so much. I’m so happy. As you can imagine, she’s not on social media right now. I’ll share with her,” Gina Chiles posted.
The former Public Enemy rapper has become a spokesman for the U.S. women’s water polo team, offering his support after player Maggie Stephens asked for more support for the team.
Bronze medalist Jordan Childs of the United States poses for a photograph during the awards ceremony for the women’s floor exercise in gymnastics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 5, 2024 in Paris. (Cao Can/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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During the tournament, he helped pay the rent for American discus thrower Veronica Fraley, who was worried she might not be able to compete.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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