U.S. Gymnast Jordan Chiles Enchantment Denied By Officers, Will Lose Bronze Medal

Crew USA gymnast Jordan Chiles was merely handed a devastating blow in her bid to take care of her bronze medal … the governing physique overseeing the controversy says their fingers are tied, new proof be damned!

It’s the latest flip throughout the saga involving USA and Romanian Gymnastics … who’re throughout the midst of a feud over the rightful proprietor of the bronze medal throughout the floor rivals, which occurred each week previously on August 5.

Sadly for Chiles, the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sports activities actions says their fingers are tied.

“We’re deeply disillusioned by the notification and might proceed to pursue every doable avenue and attraction course of, along with to the Swiss Federal Tribunal, to ensure the merely scoring, placement, and medal award for Jordan,” USA Gymnastics talked about in an announcement.

In any case, Chiles initially scored 13.666 throughout the event … setting her up for a fifth-place finish. Nonetheless, after one in every of many judges assessed the issue stage of her routine incorrectly, the Purple, White, and Blue challenged the scoring.

After the evaluation, Chiles score was then bumped as a lot as a 13.766 … transferring her to third place, and former Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu.

Nonetheless, that wasn’t it. It was later determined Chiles’ coaches requested for a evaluation too late — 4 seconds to be exact — which led to her medal being stripped and handed over to Barbosu.

“[CAS] burdened that by means of the proceedings ‘it has been concluded conclusively established by the use of the official info provided by the Worldwide Gymnastics Federation, unchallenged by any aspect by means of the proceedings’ that this attraction filed by the Mrs. Landi was handed late after the 1-minute limit,” the Romanian Gymnastics Federation talked about.