Gymnastics - Women’s Floor Final

I don't think there was any basis to challenge the out of bounds deduction.
The challenge for Chiles was based on the fact that her difficulty level was too low.
I felt sad for the gymnast who thought she had won bronze. That is heartbreaking. I loved seeing Chiles reaction to winning. And Biles reaction as well.
The two of them bowing to the winner was beautiful.

I thought I read that Biles stepped out 3 times. It also said that if it had been just one out of bounds, she would have had gold.

I love the bowing they did and even more I love the huge, near giggling, smiles on their face while they did it.

I love the medal ceremony.

I was so sad for the Romanian gymnast. All the people who say only the gold medal counts need to see the reactions of these two women. Both were thrilled to win the bronze and one was devastated to lose it.

More news on Chiles..

While Chiles may be stripped of her bronze medal, it seems the United States Gymnastics committee and her teammates, most notably Suni Lee, are right by her side throughout the process.



athlonsports.com/olympics/suni-lee-sends-strong-message-olympic-judges-jordan-chiles-decision

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I saw that Jordan is taking a social media break for her health. I can't even imagine what the vitriol being directed at her must be like.
It is ridiculous the way the Romanians are handling it. They could have and should have appealed the night of the event if they felt the scoring was incorrect.

The whole thing has been absolutely disgraceful, and both Jordan Chiles and Ana Barbosu are the victims. All pride and joy in the bronze medal have been stripped from the event, and no doubt the gold and silver medal winners are also feeling distraught about the whole event.

I feel so bad for Jordan and for Ana. They’ve said that it isn’t yet clear whether Jordan will be asked to return the medal - my god, how brutal and unfeeling can they get. On the one hand she may well (and justifiably) not want to go along with the officials in any way, but on the other hand she may feel like throwing the medal at them with all her strength. And how could Ana feel satisfied with how things have gone, how could she look on her medal with pride? Yes, both are victims here.

I do like what Ana had to say, that she has no problem with Jordan….
“I only want for everybody to be fair, we don’t want to start picking on other athletes of any nationality,” Barbosu told reporters. “We as athletes don’t deserve something like that, we only want to perform as best as we can and to be rewarded based on our performance. The problems lie with the judges, with their calculations and decisions.”

Corrected.

This whole situation is a mess. The Romanians have been really nasty to Jordan on social media, hence why she took the social media break. I personally think it’s in poor taste for the Romanians to appeal the decision after the fact. It was four seconds, and I read that part of that was because the judges ignored the coaches at first. Does Barbaso actually think she earned that medal at this point? This was the judges fault and if anything they should have given both of them the medal.