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Jordan Chiles seems to be able to put the 2024 Paris Summer time Olympics — and her bronze medal reallocation — behind her.
In her first social media publish in virtually two weeks, the Staff USA gymnast, 23, shared an Instagram carousel of herself in a skimpy patterned bikini on Tuesday, August 28.
“Golden paradise 💛🍯🌻✨,” Chiles, who was stripped of her particular person ground routine medal following a dispute filed by the Romanian staff, captioned the publish.
In one of many snaps, Chiles might be seen smiling behind a pair of Dolce & Gabbana sun shades as she sits upright on what seems to be a poolside daybed. Two accompanying images present Chiles fixing her hair and looking out off to the facet.
The 2024 Summer time Olympics is perhaps going down within the Metropolis of Gentle, however that doesn’t imply they haven’t include their justifiable share of darkness. Following a flashy opening ceremony on Friday, July 26 that continues to attract outrage from some celebrities and non secular figures, the Video games have been affected by allegations of sexism […]
The social media resurfacing follows Chiles’ August 10 Instagram Tales announcement detailing her determination to step away from social media as she handled the medal reallocation.
5 days later, she issued a press release through Instagram and X that addressed the medal controversy.
“I’m overwhelmed by the love I’ve obtained over the previous few days. I’m additionally extremely grateful to my household, teammates, coaches, followers, USAG and the USOPC for his or her unwavering assist throughout this troublesome time,” Chiles shared through Instagram on August 15. “Whereas celebrating my Olympic accomplishments, I heard the devastating information that my bronze medal had been stripped away. I had confidence within the attraction introduced by USAG, who gave conclusive proof that my rating adopted all the foundations. This attraction was unsuccessful.”
In the course of the Olympics, Chiles competed within the particular person girls’s ground train remaining staged on August 5. The preliminary outcomes discovered Chiles in fifth place, nonetheless, Staff USA requested an inquiry that shifted Chiles into third place with a remaining rating of 13.766. Chiles was awarded a bronze medal whereas Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade and Chiles’ Staff USA teammate Simone Biles gained gold and silver, respectively.
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The Romanian enquiry argued that Staff USA’s request for an enquiry got here in 4 seconds after it was allowed. The Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) agreed, ruling on August 11 that Chiles must return the bronze medal to Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu.
Chiles’ remaining rating was modified to 13.666, placing her again into fifth place and Barbosu, 18, was given the medal on August 16, sooner or later after Chiles issued her assertion through social media.
Present and former Staff USA members spoke out in protection of Chiles amid the controversy.
Most not too long ago, Biles, 27, informed Folks that she disapproves of the IOC’s ruling. “Do we expect they did the right process to return to this ruling? No,” she informed the outlet in an article revealed on Monday, August 26. “That’s actually why we would like that justice for Jordan and why we’re going to maintain supporting her and uplifting her.”
Aly Raisman, who competed for the USA in 2012 and 2016, additionally informed Us Weekly solely on Thursday, August 22, that she was “so devastated for her.”
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“I hope that issues change and she or he will get to maintain her medal as a result of it’s not proper. It’s so disappointing to me as a result of I really feel prefer it goes in opposition to the integrity of the game and of the Olympics,” Raisman, 30, stated.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) plans to attraction the IOC’s determination to reallocate Chiles’ medal.
“We firmly imagine that Jordan rightfully earned the bronze medal, and there have been vital errors in each the preliminary scoring by the Worldwide Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the next CAS [Court of Arbitration for Sport] attraction course of that must be addressed,” the USOPC stated in an August 11 assertion to the Related Press. “The preliminary error occurred within the scoring by FIG, and the second error was through the CAS attraction course of, the place the USOPC was not given sufficient time or discover to successfully problem the choice.”
