Ana Barbosu will receive the bronze medal this weekend. The 18-year-old Romanian gymnast was granted the reallocation in the 2024 Paris Olympics by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), in the women’s floor final after it was stripped of US gymnast Jordan Chiles. Keep reading to find out more… USA Today reports that Octavian Morariu, a member of the International Olympic Committee for Romania, and Mihai Covaliu, president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee, will hand the bronze medal to Ana in a ceremony on Friday (August 16) in Bucharest.
USA Gymnastics appealed the controversial decision, but CAS denied the reconsideration, even with USAG claiming they have video evidence of the inquiry that led to the medal getting stripped from Jordan.
Following her routine at the Olympics on Monday, August 5th, Jordan was initially given a score of 13.666, but her coach Cecile Landi had filed an inquiry challenging the judge’s decision revolving around a tour jeté full, or split leap, believing that her score was too low.
The judges ended up ruling in Jordan‘s favor and she went from fifth to third place, winning the bronze medal.
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