U.S. gymnastJordan Chilesmust return the bronze medal she was awarded in the womens floor exercise event followinga scoring change on appeal, the International Olympic Committee confirmed Sunday.
On Saturday, Chiles learned that her bronze was in jeopardy after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that her score must revert back to 13.666, which would place Chiles in fifth and give third-place to gymnast Ana Barbosu of Romania, who scored 13.700 and whose country filed the CAS appeal.
During the Aug. 6 event, Chiles initially earned a score of 13.666, which would have placed her fifth in the competition, behind eventual gold medal winner Rebeca Andrade, silver medalist and teammate Simone Biles, and a pair of Romanian gymnasts, Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Voinea.
Jordan Chiles with bronze medal after the artistic gymnastics women’s floor exercise event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 5, 2024.Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images
However, after scoring, Chiles coaches appealed to the judges, arguing that the routines level of difficulty and thus the score was incorrect; the judges agreed, and when the score was adjusted by 0.1, Chiles new score of 13.766 was enough to surpass Barbosu and Voineas 13.700, giving her the bronze at the last-minute and resulting in the first-ever all-Black medal podium in Olympics gymnastics.
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We firmly believe that Jordan rightfully earned the bronze medal, and there were critical errors in both the initial scoring by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the subsequent CAS appeal process that need to be addressed, USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee said in a statement Sunday, adding they would appeal the IOCs order.
Given these circumstances, we are committed to pursuing an appeal to help Jordan Chiles receive the recognition she deserves.
We remain dedicated to supporting her as an Olympic champion and will continue to work diligently to resolve this matter swiftly and fairly.
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