The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on Saturday that the initial inquiry made by the USA over Jordan Chiles’ score in Monday’s gymnastics floor exercise final was filed after the one-minute deadline.
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) issued a statement modifying the final floor results to rank Ana Barbosu third. Now the bronze medal will be awarded to the Romanian gymnast.
Chiles was originally given a score of 13.666, that put her fifth behind eventual champion Rebeca Andrade, Simone Biles and a pair of a Romanians: Barbosu and Sabrina Voinea.
The competition on Monday ended dramatically. Immediately after the competition finished on Monday with Chiles’ routine, Bărbosu thought she had won the bronze medal after posting a score of 13.700. Chiles had initially posted a score of 13.666 but her coaches successfully challenged the difficulty score which added 0.1 to her score and moved her up to third, behind gold medalist Rebeca Andrade and American Simone Biles.
Their appearance together on the first all-Black Olympics gymnastics podium produced one of the most iconic images of the Games as the Americans bowed down to Andrade.
The ruling Saturday says the Chiles’ inquiry came outside the allotted time and is therefore invalid, reverting her score to 13.666.
“The inquiry submitted on behalf of Ms Jordan Chiles in the Final of the women’s Floor exercise was raised after the conclusion of the one-minute deadline provided by article 8.5 of the 2024 FIG Technical Regulations and is determined to be without effect,” the decision read in part.
Online, Chiles has faced a barrage of attacks.
She posted twice Saturday on her Instagram story, first a black background with four heartbreak emojis and then a second post that read, “I am taking this time and removing myself from social media for my mental health. Thank you.”