Posted on 08/16/2024 7:59:59 PM PDT by Morgana
Ana Barbosu was awarded her Olympic bronze medal on Friday morning after the Romanian gymnast bumped USA's Jordan Chiles off the podium thanks to a bombshell court ruling.
The 18-year-old initially finished third in the floor exercise final in Paris, only for Team USA to successfully appeal the score awarded to Chiles.
The American's score was upgraded, putting her ahead of Barbosu who dropped her Romanian flag and broke down in tears.
However, the Court of Arbitration for Sport later ruled that the US appeal came outside the permitted one-minute window.
The controversy has continued beyond the end of the Games, with Chiles this week slamming the 'unjust' decision and the 'racially-driven attacks' that have followed.
Barbosu is now back home in Romania and on Thursday, the country's gymnastics federation confirmed that the medal ceremony would finally take place at 3.30pm local time on Friday.
The medal was handed to Barbosu by Octavian Morariu, Romania's representative on the International Olympic Committee, and Mihai Covaliu, president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee.
According to local reports, the gymnast then thanked the lawyers who had fought to put her back on the podium. She also sent a heartfelt message to Chiles and her teammate Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, who finished fourth.
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Barbosu did a better job and should have the Bronze.
Chiles is making an ass of herself and should just admit she was not that good.
In the future our team needs to care less about DEI athletes and more about girls who can beat the Russians and Romanians in Gymnastics.
Gymnastics is considered a subjective sport because judges evaluate routines based on their own preferences and styles, rather than objective measures like time or distance. While judges try to be impartial, no one is 100% objective. For example, judges might look for things that aren't immediately obvious to the gymnast or their parents. Some say that this subjectivity is a major source of controversy and can lead to athletes feeling stressed and pressured.
This is anti-American bias plain and simple. If Chiles was from another country she would have the bronze right now. I don’t know why so many creepers refuse to support someone from their own country?
They forgot to add the degree of difficulty into childs routine and yes USA did complain as soon as the floor excerise Wes don’t, IOC screwed up.
Are you serious? Do you have any idea what actually happened? Chiles is a DEI loser who only “won” on a classless appeal + their desire for am“an all black podium”. The Romanian was far better and she got robbed. Best thing that happened in the Olympics was justice prevailing and Chiles getting what she earned. I have lost all respect for Biles as well. She is a racist and didn’t care who saw it. They “robbed” a white girl for their all black podium (their words) and had zero sympathy. Serves them right.
I have to be fair here.
Chiles’ performance was sloppy and she made obvious mistakes.
Plus Barbosu was more graceful and dainty on the floor than was Chiles which is something the judges look for.
I looked up and before our coaches complained Chiles was in 5th place behind Sabrina Vinoena. I watched her routine and she did a better job than Chiles but not as good as Barbosu.
I’ll be honest I did not watch all the floor routines but I’m shocked Chiles was at 5th. I feel her score should have been much lower.
At least I could be a fair and impartial judge at the Olympic
Agreed.
I don’t know much about the scoring, but they said it was a degree of difficulty thing that was missed?
I watched them. Chiles’ was not as good. If these gymnasts are going to put all of these “elements” in them and claim their difficulty, they need to be able to complete them in an artistic and smooth fashion.
I truly have no clue about the scoring and the points they missed. Sounds like you don't understand the scoring either.
And I don't care what color any of the girls were. They shouldn't be scored on skin color or country.
Both gymnasts got screwed over first by the judges and then by the sport’s governing committee.
I’d like to hear if the judges have any sanctions on them for their mistake(s). Doubt it.
and that’s because it’s not a sport...
“If Chiles was from another country she would have the bronze right now.”
Ha, ha the person who won the bronze is from ANOTHER COUNTRY and has the medal right now. DIE sucks donkey schlong.
Exactly.
I know that those Romanians have always been damn good at gymnastics and are tough to beat.
I’m going to bet they are already in practice for 2028 as we are typing this.
Chiles tried to use the race card to beat them when she could not beat them at what they are best at. She lost again big time. If she can’t hang with the big girls she needs to get off the balance beam.
You need to sharpen your reading skills. That woman won because she was not from the United States. They are prejudiced against people from the United States.
“Some say that this subjectivity is a major source of controversy and can lead to athletes feeling stressed and pressured.”
Without standards the sport would fade away. Doing any type of judged sport always has the chance of doing it wrong far more than doing it right. And every time an official has to make a call they are already wrong by half the audience. But if toe curling, knee bending, landing position, or any other little tiny action by the competitor has to be determined wrong for the exercise, then it should be in the final determination. And ti should show up on everyone’s rating.
I called different sports for 35 years at different levels from kids basketball to NCAA football. And the only officials I ever met that were bad were those that called something on one end of the court, one side of the net, or squeezed a strike zone. International officiating is subjective, not cut in stone. The officials are just too human to be perfect. And the last one of those they put on the cross.
wy69
They should settle this the honorable way, pistols at 10 paces.
“Pistols at 10 paces”.
It could replace break dancing in 2028!
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