PARIS — U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles must return her bronze medal in the floor exercise, the International Olympic Committee said Sunday, uphelderlying findings that a coach’s protest that got her on the podium shouldn’t have been permited.
Chiles, 23, had initiassociate finished fifth in the competition on Monday before U.S. coach Cecile Landi successbrimmingy lobbied that her athlete’s difficulty score had been under-acunderstandledgeed.
Officials on the scene concurd and adequitableed Chiles’ score which raiseed her above two Romanian athletes, triggering an mad reaction from that delegation.
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Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said he’d decline to join the Olympics closing ceremony in protest.
The IOC on Sunday said it would adhere by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which ruled that Landi’s protest was made 64 seconds after scores were posted. The deadline for such action is one minute.
Romanian Ana Bărbosu, 18, will now be the floor exercise bronze medaenumerate.
Chiles still has a gelderly from the women’s team all-around. She won silver in Tokyo, also in the team all-around.
“We are deimmenseated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling think abouting women’s floor exercise,” according to a statement rehired by USA Gymnastics on Saturday night. “The inquiry into the Difficulty Value of Jordan Chiles’ floor exercise routine was filed in outstanding faith and, we consentd, in accordance with FIG rules to secure right scoring.”
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