The Romanian Gymnastics Federation said Monday it 'never agreed' to take a medal away from Jordan Chiles and maintained its proposal for a three-way split.
What if Jordan Chiles, Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea just shared the bronze medal for the floor exercise and put the lasting Paris Olympics drama to be once and for all? That’s what the Romanian Gymnastics Federation maintained in a statement on Monday as USA Gymnastics launched and was denied an appeal to the Center of Arbitration for Sport after its ruling that Chiles’ score should be reverted back to 13.666, dropping her back to fifth place in the floor exercise.
Gymnastics said it had new evidence to show that its inquiry into changing Chiles’ score at the competition was made within the 1-minute deadline. The organization said CAS declined to hear the new evidence and vowed to take every legal action to rectify things. The FRG also wanted CAS to change Maneca-Voinea’s score to 13.800 because officials believed a penalty was given without basis. Additionally, the FRG wanted the CAS to award all three gymnasts the bronze medal.
The leadership of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation , through its representatives, took all necessary steps to reach this consensus. We emphasize that certain requests were made by the American side to achieve this goal, and our side consistently complied with these requests, a fact that was appreciated by the American representative.' The FRG said it wanted to solve the issue 'in a manner that shows respect and appreciation for the athletes involved.
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