After an FIG ruling Saturday evening, U.S. Gymnast Jordan Chiles learned that she will likely lose her Olympic bronze medal to Romania’s Ana Barbosu – the deciding factor? Four seconds.
Breaking: As of Saturday evening, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has confirmed in a statement that “the results of the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Floor Exercise Final on Monday 4 August 2024 are amended in accordance with [the CAS decision] as follows: the initial score of 13.666 given to Jordan Chiles (USA) is reinstated. The ranking of the Artistic Gymnastics Floor Exercise Finals has been modified accordingly with Ana Barbosu (ROU) ranking third with a score of 13.766.”
The ruling is set: Jordan Chiles’ bronze medal will likely go to Romania. On Thursday, Chiles was at Disneyland celebrating her Olympic success with two medals in tow. Today, she announced that she’s taking a social media break after learning that she is likely to lose her bronze medal to Romania’s Ana Barbosu.
After a week’s worth of statements from Romanian Gymnastics officials and the Romanian Olympic Committee, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issued a ruling Saturday recommending that the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) retroactively reallocate Chiles’ bronze medal to Barbosu.
In Saturday’s ruling, the CAS determined that the field-of-play inquiry filed by Chiles’ coach Cecile Landi was received outside of the required time frame. The FIG holds that the final gymnast in the final (Chiles) must submit any scoring inquiries within one minute of the official score’s posting.
