One of the memorable moments from the 2024 Summer season Olympics now has a brand new (and unlucky) that means.
A Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decide on Saturday formally stripped American gymnast Jordan Chiles of the bronze medal she had gained on the ground train in Paris.
The occasion, held on August 5, resulted in an uncommon method, with Chiles initially ending fifth in keeping with the judges’ scores.
Nevertheless, USA Gymnastics coach Cecil Landy instantly submitted an inquiry to these judges… noting that Chiles’ issue rating was too low, particularly for a leap that concerned a 540-degree flip within the air.
The judges agreed and bumped Jordan’s rating as much as one, placing her on the rostrum alongside silver medalist Simone Biles.
However a day later, the Romanian Olympic Committee protested the choice, and on August 10, a CAS decide dominated that Randy submitted the investigation inside 1 minute and 4 seconds… 4 seconds too late to be calculated.
In consequence, the bronze medal was reassigned to Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu.
Chiles has but to touch upon the surprising choice.
Nevertheless, Biles wrote by way of Instagram Story on Saturday, August 10: “Sending you a number of love Jordan.” “Maintain your head excessive, Olympian! We love you!
Biles and Chiles teammate Suni Lee added:
“That is all in regards to the athletes, however what in regards to the judges? Completely unacceptable. That is horrible and I really feel unhealthy for you, Jordan. I’ll all the time assist you, Joe. You’ll all the time be an Olympic champion.
Teammate Hezly Rivera wrote: “Love you @jordanchiles and can all the time assist you.”
In the meantime, Jordan Chiles’ sister is outraged by the controversy.
“In Olympic historical past, nobody has ever been stripped of a medal for this,” Jazmine Chiles responded on Instagram. “There are solely two methods to remove your medal: dishonest or doping. She did neither.
Added Jazmin:
“4 seconds. She was stripped of her bronze medal in 4 seconds, and if the judges had executed their job, that would not have needed to occur.
“Racism is actual, it exists, it is nonetheless alive and nicely.”
Earlier than Chiles was stripped of his bronze medal, USA Gymnastics launched this assertion:
“The investigation into the problem stage of Jordan Chiles’ ground train was initiated in good religion and we imagine that it’s in compliance with FIFA guidelines to make sure correct scoring.
“All through the enchantment course of, Jordan has been topic to sustained, baseless and very dangerous assaults on social media.
“No athlete must be handled like this. We condemn these assaults and those that participated in, supported or incited them.
“We commend Jordan for her integrity on and off the courtroom and we’ll proceed to assist her.”
