Gymnast Jordan Chiles Is Prioritizing Her Mental Health Amid the Olympics' Bronze Medal Controversy
glamour.comgymnast Jordan Chiles was just dealt a devastating blow after taking home bronze at the .On August 5, Chiles was awarded the bronze medal at the women's gymnastics floor final, though her victory was not cut and dry.
The 23-year-old gymnast was initially granted a score of 13.666, placing her in fifth place behind Romanian gymnasts Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, who both earned 13.700. (Brazil's Rebeca Andrade won gold while USA's earned silver.)Before the athletes made it to the podium, however, Team USA coach Cecile Landi Chiles' score based on the difficulty of her routine.
In response, the judges bumped her score up to 13.766, putting her in third place. “At this point, we had nothing to lose, so I was like ‘We’re just going to try,” Landi said of the inquiry, per .Landi later against online backlash on Instagram, writing, “Jordan won this bronze medal and didn’t steal anything from anyone.
I simply did my job and fought for my athlete.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Now, it looks like Chiles' original score may be reinstated based on a from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
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