American gymnast Jordan Chiles will give back her bronze medal she initially won in the floor final in Paris.
“The IOC will reallocate the bronze medal to Ana Barbosu ," the International Olympic Committee said in a statement Sunday. "We are in touch with the NOC of Romania to discuss the reallocation ceremony and with USOPC regarding the return of the bronze medal.”with the International Gymnastics Federation and the Court of Arbitration for Sport regarding an appeal made by Chiles's coach Cecile Landi.
However, an arbitral panel ruled Saturday that Chiles's appeal of her score was filed four seconds after the allowable one-minute time limit, meaning her score should have stayed at 13.666 and Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu's score of 13.700 would win the bronze."We are devastated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling regarding women's floor exercise," USA Gymnastics said in a statement Saturday.
Although she will give back the bronze medal, Chiles still will retain her gold medal she won alongside American teammates Biles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera in theTom Dierberger is a staff writer and editor on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in November 2023 after stints at FOX Sports, Bally Sports and NBC Sports. Dierberger has a bachelor's in communication from St. John's University.
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