What if Jordan Chiles, Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea simply shared the bronze medal for the ground train and put the lasting Paris Olympics drama to be as soon as and for all?
That’s what the Romanian Gymnastics Federation (FRG) maintained in a press release on Monday as USA Gymnastics launched and was denied an attraction to the Heart of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after its ruling that Chiles’ rating needs to be reverted again to 13.666, dropping her again to fifth place within the flooring train. The Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) stated Chiles ought to give again her medal.
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Bronze medalist Jordan Chiles poses throughout the victory ceremony for the ladies’s flooring train of creative gymnastics on the Paris Olympics, Aug. 5, 2024. (Cao Can/Xinhua through Getty Pictures)
USA Gymnastics stated it had new proof to point out that its inquiry into altering Chiles’ rating on the competitors was made inside the 1-minute deadline. The group stated CAS declined to listen to the brand new proof and vowed to take each authorized motion to rectify issues.
The FRG additionally needed CAS to alter Maneca-Voinea’s rating to 13.800 as a result of officers believed a penalty was given with out foundation. Moreover, the FRG needed the CAS to award all three gymnasts the bronze medal. The CAS denied the opposite requests and solely dominated on Chiles‘ rating.
On Monday, the FRG defended its place and doubled down on all three gymnasts getting a medal.
“The initiative to award bronze medals to all three athletes, Jordan Chiles, Ana-Maria Barbosu, and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, was proposed by the legal professionals of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation, with the prior approval of the Federation,” the FRG stated.
Ana Barbosu competes throughout the Paris Olympics at Bercy Area on Aug. 5, 2024. (Jamie Squire/Getty Pictures)
“The management of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation (FRG), by its representatives, took all crucial steps to achieve this consensus. We emphasize that sure requests had been made by the American facet to realize this aim, and our facet constantly complied with these requests, a undeniable fact that was appreciated by the American consultant.”
The FRG stated it needed to unravel the problem “in a way that exhibits respect and appreciation for the athletes concerned.”
“We hereby attraction to your complete gymnastics neighborhood, each inside the nation and overseas, to place (a) STOP to the assaults towards gymnasts Jordan Chiles, Ana-Maria Barbosu, and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, and particularly towards Nadia Comăneci, whose help has all the time been in favor of all three athletes/three medals,” the assertion continued.
Sabrina Maneca-Voinea competes throughout the beam ultimate on the Paris Olympics on Aug. 5, 2024. (Naomi Baker/Getty Pictures)
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“FRG by no means agreed on taking away a medal.”
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