Jordan Chiles Stripped of Bronze Medal as Team USA's Appeal Is Rejected. Here's What Happens Next
glamour.comThe controversial back-and-forth has been brewing for a week——but the long and short of it is that despite USA Gymnastics presenting new evidence, the court that arbitrates sports scores says it's not overturning its decision to nullify the point increase that won Chiles the bronze.
USA Gymnastics issued a statement that it will continue fighting, though this case could go on for years, .This content can also be viewed on the site it from.For their parts, the athletes aren't fighting at all. , and Ana Barbosu, the original bronze medalist on whose behalf the Romanian Olympic Committee challenged Chiles's coach's inquiry, .
The International Olympic Committee apparently wants Chiles to send her medal back, but the Romanian Gymnastics Federation actually doesn't, and says between Chiles, Barbosu, and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, the gymnast (also Romanian) whose score tied Barbosu's.Jordan Chiles was stripped of her bronze medal on Sunday after an appeal from Romania's Olympic Committee.So, what's next?
We don't know. It's unclear if Chiles has sent her medal back, and there's little precedent for these cases on the Olympic level; previous medal-returnees Meanwhile, Americans are rallying around Chiles, including Olympics enthusiast and rapper Flavor Flav, who commissioned a bronze version of his iconic clock necklace as a gift for Chiles.
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