USA Gymnastics emphasized its fight to seek justice for Jordan Chiles after the American gymnast was stripped of her bronze medal from the floor exercise final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 5.
“As we continue to celebrate the successes of Team USA Gymnasts on social media, know that we are still working full-time to pursue justice for Jordan,” USA Gymnastics said Tuesday in a statement posted on X.
The 23-year-old Chiles was stripped of her first individual Olympic medal after the Romanian gymnastics team challenged her final score of 13.766.
They challenged it after judges upped her original score (13.666) by .1 after validating an appeal from Team USA coach Cecile Landi to increase the level of difficulty on an element final score, which put her above Romania’s Ana Bărbosu and Romanian teammate Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, and in third place to the podium for bronze.
Jordan Chiles shows her medals after ringing the closing bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York’s Times Square, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. AP
On Aug. 10, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) supported the Romanian Federation’s challenge that USA Gymnastics’ appeal of Chiles’ score was filed four seconds after the one-minute deadline — and therefore her initial score of 13.666 should be final.
Jordan Chiles of Team United States in action Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Floor Exercise Final at the Paris Olympics at Bercy Arena on August 5, 2024 in Paris, France. Getty Images Jordan Chiles of Team USA hugs her coach Cecile Landi reacts after the apparatus floor final at the Paris Olympic at Bercy Arena on August 5, 2024 in Paris, France. Getty Images
The International Olympic Committee announced it was reallocating the medal to Bărbosu, and that it would work with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to have the bronze awarded to Chiles returned, according to The Associated Press.
USA Gymnastics said in a statement Monday that it would be appealing to the Swiss Federal Tribunal “to ensure the just scoring, placement and medal award for Jordan.”
Rebeca Andrade of Brazil won gold and Simone Biles of the U.S. secured silver in the floor exercise final.
As we continue to celebrate the successes of Team USA Gymnasts on social media, know that we are still working full-time to pursue justice for Jordan.
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) August 13, 2024 Ana Barbosu of Romania walks into the arena before the floor final at the Paris Games at Bercy Arena on August 5, 2024 in Paris, France. Getty Images
Flavor Flav — who signed a five-year sponsorship deal as the official hype man for the USA Water Polo Women’s and Men’s National Teams last month — shared his support for Chiles.
The 65-year-old rapper also delivered on his promise to make Chiles a bedazzled bronze clock necklace after she was stripped of her bronze medal.
On Monday, Flavor Flav posted a video of the necklace he made for Chiles.
“USA gonna Fight the Powers that be,,, in the meantime between time,,, Imma always a man of my word [Jordan Chiles],” he wrote.
Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade and Jordan Chiles after the floor exercise final at the Paris Olympics at Bercy Arena on August 5, 2024 in Paris, France. REUTERS Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade and Jordan Chiles after the floor exercise final at the Paris Olympics at Bercy Arena on August 5, 2024 in Paris, France. AP
An X account belonging to Chiles’ mother, Gina Chiles responded with: “Thank you. Means the world. She’s not on socials right now as you can imagine. I’ll share it with her.”
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