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A tearful Jordan Chiles opened up to a live audience on Wednesday about the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision to strip her of her bronze medal from the floor routine at the Paris Olympics. 'The biggest thing that was taken from me was the recognition of who I was, not just my sport, but the person I am,' Chiles told the Forbes Power Women's Summit. Chiles initially finished fifth in the eight-woman final before Team USA coach Cecile Landi appealed Chiles' score, asking to receive credit for a maneuver that would boost her score by .1. The appeal was...

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...

USA Gymnastics head coach Cecile Landi submitted the inquiry to change Jordan Chiles’ score 47 seconds after it was posted instead of 64, according to a statement from the organization Sunday. A letter and video evidence was submitted to the Court of Arbitration for Sports, the statement said, and USA Gymnastics called for Chiles’ bronze medal in the Olympic women’s floor routine — which she had to return after the court ruled that the inquiry was allegedly submitted four seconds after the deadline of one minute — to be returned to the 23-year-old. “The time-stamped, video evidence submitted by USA...

Jordan Chiles has been stripped of the Olympic bronze medal she won in the women's floor final after a bombshell ruling from the Court of Arbitration of Sport on Saturday. The 23-year-old US gymnast came third in the event, behind gold medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and silver medalist and fellow teammate Simone Biles. But this was only after Chiles' score of 13.666, which had initially placed her fifth, was bumped up by 0.1 following an appeal from her coach. The change to her score meant that Romania's Ana Barbosu and her teammate Sabrina Maneca-Voinea were pushed down to fourth...