American gymnast Jordan Chiles may have to return the bronze medal she won at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in favor of the Romanian gymnastics team.
US team gymnast Jordan Chiles could lose her bronze medal
During the women's floor exercise final on Monday, August 5, Chiles initially scored 13.666, placing her fifth, just behind Romania's Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea. The two Romanian gymnasts finished with a score of 13.700; Barbosu thought she had secured the bronze medal via a tiebreaker — a higher execution score.
However, Team USA gymnastics coach Cecile Canqueteau-Landi filed an appeal on floor, arguing that Chiles' score was incorrect due to the difficulty of the routine. The judges agreed and adjusted Chiles' score by 0.1, which was enough to advance past Barbosu and Maneca-Voinea.
After the medal ceremony, the Romanian team filed an appeal of their own, claiming that Team USA had filed an appeal outside the one-minute time limit to challenge the judges' scores.
