Real Reason Olympics Committee Stripped Jordan Chiles Of Medal
United States Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles did enough to win a Bronze Medal at the Paris Olympics. However, the Olympic Committee chose to strip her of the medal because of a technicality that had nothing to do with her or her performance. Not only that but when proof was brought in that the Committee was wrong, they still refused to accept it and stripped her of the medal anyway.
Here is why the Olympics stripped Jordan of her medal and why they refused to reconsider.
Paris Olympics Strips Jordan Chiles Of Bronze Medal
When Jordan Chiles finished her performance in the floor exercise at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, she ended up listed in fifth place. The United States coach appealed the score and believed she wasn’t given credit for the difficulty of her moves. The judges agreed, readjusted the score, and she moved up to third.
Romania, whose gymnast Ana Bărbosu was in third but dropped to fourth with the re-scoring, protested the change after the Olympics. Romania claimed that the U.S. coach took longer than the prescribed time to appeal. A coach has only 60 seconds to appeal after the scores. According to Romania, the U.S. coach took 64 seconds.
The committee agreed with the protest and said they were reverting Chiles’ score to the wrong one and were reallocating the Bronze Medal to Bărbosu. Romania’s head asked that both women receive a Bronze Medal, but the Committee rejected the proposal. Instead, they ignored the judge’s revised scoring, reverted Chiles’ score to the wrong one, and refused to talk anymore about it.
United States Protest Ignored By Olympics Committee
The United States appealed the decision. What happened next is puzzling. The U.S. showed video evidence that the U.S. coach submitted the inquiry in 47 seconds, 13 seconds earlier than the deadline. However, even with proof they got it in on time, the CAS refused to budge.
“USA Gymnastics was notified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday that their rules do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence is presented,” USA Gymnastics said in a statement (via ESPN).
This means that, despite the proof the United States followed the rules, the governing organization refuses to acknowledge their mistake. It also means that Ana Bărbosu will remain a Bronze Medalist only by technicality and not by actual score.
The United States said it won’t stop defending Jordan Chiles, and they will go all the way to the Swiss Federal Tribunal if needed to plead her case. This would have been Jordan’s first solo medal.
What are your thoughts on the Jordan Chiles controversy? Are you surprised that the Olympic Council refused to accept the proof that they were wrong? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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USA Gymnastics seems to be the ones saying their own evidence is “conclusive”, which makes sense because they are biased in favor of themselves.. The Court did not say that and USAG did not show us the notification from the court saying this.
I heard that all athletes get 4 minutes but the last one gets 1 minute to lodge an inquiry. If that is true that rule
needs to be changed. That would settle the issue.