Chiles, who has received some racially charged comments on social media that she’s called “wrong and extremely hurtful,” said on Thursday that the decision to strip her of the bronze was “unjust.”
Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu received her Olympic bronze medal during a ceremony in the capital Bucharest on Friday that marked the conclusion of a swirl of controversy after the medal was first awarded to U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles but later revoked."I did not expect the medal to be so heavy, but I would wear it day and night if this is what it takes to have it," Barbosu said after the ceremony.
Speaking to reporters on Friday after receiving her medal, Barbosu said the resolution of the controversy "was possible with the help of the federation and the law firm who did not give up on us athletes and fought for us.""I am very happy to have this medal and hope to represent Romania at the highest level and bring home more medals," she said.Romania was a longtime superpower in gymnastics, but has failed to excel in recent years.
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