The controversy continues five days after the floor test in gymnastics, in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games which have forced the American, Jordan Chileshas announced that she will close her social networks to take care of her mental health.
All this after announcing that the Romanian gymnast, Ana Barbosuwon the bronze medal, which had already been awarded to Chilesafter the appeal filed before the CAS against the review of the American note was successful.
Five days ago, Barbosu had taken third place in the floor final, scoring 13,700 points, behind the Brazilian Rebecca Andradewho obtained 14 thousand 166 points and the American Simone Bileswith a score of 14,133.
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However, Chiles filed a claim for his original note of 13,666, which had placed her in fifth place. The judges heeded her request and gave her 13,766 points, leaving the Romanian gymnast without a podium.
Ana Barbosu was celebrating her triumph with the bronze medalwhen Chiles’ new note appeared on the scoreboards. Upon seeing it, the Romanian dropped the flag from her hands and began to cry.
Meanwhile, the CAS warned that it should be the FIG that reallocates the medals. “in accordance with the decision taken.”
The decision has caused controversy around the athletes, who were criticized on social media, a fact that affected Jordan Chiles, who decided to take down her social media accounts.
“I’m taking this time and deleting myself from social media for my mental health. “Thank you,” Chiles wrote on social media.
In addition to what happened with BarbosuAmerican gymnasts have been the target of various criticisms, including that of the NFL player, Marlon Humphrey, who expressed his dissatisfied with the reverence they made after the victory of the Brazilian Rebeca Andrade.
Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles, had climbed to the podium along with Rebeca Andrade
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“This is literally disgusting,” the Baltimore Ravens cornerback wrote on his X account.
The athlete’s post caused a stir on social media, with a reach of more than 8 million views, which led to harsh criticism for the Ravens defender.
Hours later, the NFL player commented that, via Instagram, he was receiving endless insults from Brazilian people, defending his Olympic athlete.
