USA Gymnastics highlighted its fight for justice for American gymnast Jordan Chiles after she was stripped of her bronze medal in the floor exercise final at the Paris Olympics on August 5.
“While we continue to celebrate the successes of Team USA Gymnastics on social media, please know that we are committed to pursuing justice for Jordan.” USA Gymnastics In a statement published on X on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old Chilean was stripped of her first Olympic medal in an individual event after the Romanian gymnastics team disputed her final score of 13.766.
Their appeal came after U.S. team coach Cecil Lundy appealed for an increase in the difficulty of the final element scores, which the judges approved, increasing her original score (13.666) by 0.1 and sending her to third place on the bronze medal podium, ahead of Ana Barbos of Romania and Romanian teammate Sabrina Maneca-Boinea.
On August 10, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Supported the Romanian Federation’s challenge USA Gymnastics filed an appeal of Chiles’ score four seconds after the one-minute deadline, so Chiles’ initial score of 13.666 should be the final score.
The next day, USA Gymnastics He said he submitted additional evidence. It asked CAS to prove that the appeal was within the rules.
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The International Olympic Committee announced that it would reallocate the medal to Barbos and work with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee to return the bronze medal awarded to Chile. According to the Associated Press.
american gymnastics It said in a statement The team announced on Monday that it would appeal to the Swiss Federal Court “to ensure that Jordan receives fair scoring, ranking and a fair medal.”
In the floor exercise final, Rebeca Andrade of Brazil won the gold medal and Simone Biles of the United States won the silver medal.
Flavor Flav is Five-year sponsorship deal Last month, John McGregor, the official spokesman for the U.S. women’s and men’s water polo national teams, voiced his support for Chile.
“Put me in coach…tell me who to call, tell me what time!” He responded to USA Gymnastics on X date.
The 65-year-old rapper also Promise fulfilled To create a sparkling bronze watch necklace after Chiles was stripped of her bronze medal.
On Monday, Flavor Flav posted a video of the necklace he made for Chills.
“America will fight the powers that be, and in the meantime, I will always be a man of my word. [Jordan Chiles]”, He wrote:
Childs’ mother, Gina Childs’ X account responded: “Thank you so much. I’m so happy. As you can imagine, she’s not on social media right now. I’ll share this with her.”
