PARIS — The Court docket of Arbitration for Sport voided the inquiry that led to Olympic bronze on the ground train for American gymnast Jordan Chiles, opening the door for Romania’s Ana Barbosu to exchange Chiles as bronze medalist.
CAS dominated Saturday that the enchantment by U.S. coach Cecile Landi to have .1 added to Chiles’ rating that vaulted Chiles from fifth to 3rd got here outdoors the 1-minute window allowed by the Worldwide Gymnastics Federation (FIG).
CAS wrote in its choice that the preliminary ending order ought to be restored, with Barbosu third, teammate Sabrina Maneca-Voinea fourth and Chiles fifth. The group added the FIG ought to decide the ultimate rating “in accordance with the above choice.”
Barbosu and Maneca-Voinea have been left outdoors the medals in Monday’s ground closing after ending with matching scores of 13.700. Barbosu thought she had gained bronze over Maneca-Voinea by way of a tiebreaker — a better execution rating — and commenced celebrating with a Romanian flag.
Chiles was the final athlete to compete and initially was given a rating of 13.666 that put her in fifth place, proper behind Maneca-Voinea. Landi known as for an inquiry on her rating, and after a assessment, judges boosted Chiles’ complete by 0.1. That was sufficient to leapfrog Barbosu and Maneca-Voinea for the final spot on the rostrum.
USA Gymnastics stated in a press release it’s “devastated” by the ruling.
“The inquiry into the Problem Worth of Jordan Chiles’ ground train routine was filed in good religion and, we believed, in accordance with FIG guidelines to make sure correct scoring,” the group wrote.