USA Gymnastics officials say an arbitration panel won’t reconsider a decision asking gymnast Jordan Chiles to return the bronze medal she won at the Paris Olympics
All this to take away a medal both countries are fine with sharing and because the IOC wouldn’t be the grown up in the room and allow that they open a huge can of worms.
I hope Team GB now tries something for this gold medal. And then next week another country because of another technicality.
It’s a really bad precedent and the first time a medal has ever been taken because of something that wasn’t the fault of the athlete.
And now an athlete in the UK is yelling about an obvious judging error that kept her from getting the gold.
What athlete ?
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240813-british-olympic-shooter-wants-apology-over-call-that-ended-gold-bid
oh she did win silver tho
All this to take away a medal both countries are fine with sharing and because the IOC wouldn’t be the grown up in the room and allow that they open a huge can of worms.
I hope Team GB now tries something for this gold medal. And then next week another country because of another technicality.
I agree, it’s just such bad precedent. Let’s go after elbowing in the Marathon next