The IOC says U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles will be asked to give up her bronze medal in floor exercise so it can be given to Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu.
At the Olympics, there are take-backs. Jordan Chiles will be asked to return to the bronze medal she was awarded on floor exercise, the International Olympic Committee said in a statement Sunday, after the Court of Arbitration for Sportvoided the inquiry that boosted the U.S. gymnast from fifth place to third. The IOC will reallocate the bronze medal to Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu, who placed third with a score of 13.700 after Chiles’ initial score of 13.666 was reinstated.
Chiles was the last gymnast to compete in the floor exercise final, and her coaches had one minute to inquire about her score after it was posted. The inquiry submitted on behalf of Chiles added one-tenth to her score, moving her into third place with a 13.766, after judges decided she should have gotten full credit on a leap that involved a 540-degree turn in the air. But after the Romanian gymnastics federation petitioned, and the CAS ruled the inquiry was four seconds too late.
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