American gymnast Jordan Chiles may be forced to return her bronze medal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport voiced the inquiry that led to her scoring higher than Romania’s Ana Barbosu in the women’s gymnastics floor final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Associated Press reported on Saturday (August 10).
The court ruled that the appeal made by U.S. coach Cecile Landi resulting in Chiles having an additional .1 added to her score came outside the one-minute window allowed by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). The CAS said the initial finishing order of Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, the United States’ Simone Biles and Barbosu should be restored, while Chiles would finish fifth behind Barbosu’s Romanian teammate Sabrina Maneca-Voinea.
The court said the FIG will ultimately make the decision on the final official finishing order, but advised that it did so “in accordance with the above decision.” The podium of Andrade, Biles and Chiles marked the first time a gymnastics podium was comprised of three Black women in Olympic history.
Chiles had previously won gold in the women’s team all-around final.
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