The decision outraged U.S. Olympic and gymnastics officials, and led to a torrent of online abuse against both Chiles and Ana Barbosu, the Romanian athlete who ended up with the bronze.
Sabrina needs to play by the rules of the game just like everyone else. Everyone else challenged their unfair score, but Sabrina’s coach failed to challenge this unfair score. She can’t challenge it days after the competition while her team is simultaneously trying to strip a medal from their competition for challenging their score literally 4-seconds late.
The CAS reviewed their Omega system timestamps and they said it was 4 seconds late. And before anything, Omega is a Swiss company that has been providing the Olympic Games with timestamping services since 1932, so I’ll probably go by their hand and say they’re right.
USAG states they have conclusive video evidence that they submitted the injury on time and their willingness to fight this ruling says a lot to me 🤷🏽♀️ plus olympics has had their many many corrupt scandals, so i put no faith in their system
A lot of people think that actually. The American was mistakenly awarded an element she didn’t perform. In fact, if the appeal hadn’t happened we’d now be talking about that controversy. Now people found something else to complain about and that took a back seat but the fact is even if the inquiry had been valid, she never should have received credit for that. Just another screw up in the collection of screw ups in this event.
That’s on the judges & her coach, not on Ana. If the judges hadn’t made the mistake, if her coach had made the right inquiry… but as Nadal said “if, if, if … doesn’t exist”.
I hope all 3 of them come back stronger and win more medals to prove everybody wrong.
Just go look at the reply by the Romanian flair who agreed with me. (Unbeknownst to them, granted, due to my somewhat vague language)
It’s obvious very very few actually think Barbosu deserves the bronze.
There’s also no logically consistent way to reward Barbosu the bronze. Either you argue that judging mistakes should be rectified at which point Voinea should be awarded the bronze or judging mistakes shouldn’t be corrected at which point Chiles should be awarded the bronze as the judging mistakes (including allegedly accepting a late appeal) should stand.
But sure, keep pretending you think it’s Barbosu rather than Voinea who deserves the bronze.
I mean… no one actually think this Romanian won the bronze.
They thing the other one deserves it and we should hand Barbasu a bronze because she prematurely celebrated.
How come? Looking strictly on the sporting merit, sabrina should get the bronze.
But instead because of the jury fuckedup, the other romanian girl, Ana, will get the bronze
Sabrina needs to play by the rules of the game just like everyone else. Everyone else challenged their unfair score, but Sabrina’s coach failed to challenge this unfair score. She can’t challenge it days after the competition while her team is simultaneously trying to strip a medal from their competition for challenging their score literally 4-seconds late.
Well them submitting 4 seconds after is literally not playing by the rules. You can’t have it both ways.
Agreed. But the US is saying that they have proof it was submitted within the time frame.
Then where is said proof?
Where is the proof that they submitted it 4 seconds late?
They said they are in possession of the evidence.
The CAS reviewed their Omega system timestamps and they said it was 4 seconds late. And before anything, Omega is a Swiss company that has been providing the Olympic Games with timestamping services since 1932, so I’ll probably go by their hand and say they’re right.
USAG states they have conclusive video evidence that they submitted the injury on time and their willingness to fight this ruling says a lot to me 🤷🏽♀️ plus olympics has had their many many corrupt scandals, so i put no faith in their system
As I said strictly performance-wise speaking Sabrina should get bronze
So, one Romanian getting the bronze is as good as another, in your eyes?
Where did i said that? Its a fucked up Situation.
Sabrina is the rightful winner of the bronze medal But instead Ana got the medal.
Major fuckup from the jury
Yes, you just proved precisely my point.
“This Romanian” refers to Barbosu.
A lot of people think that actually. The American was mistakenly awarded an element she didn’t perform. In fact, if the appeal hadn’t happened we’d now be talking about that controversy. Now people found something else to complain about and that took a back seat but the fact is even if the inquiry had been valid, she never should have received credit for that. Just another screw up in the collection of screw ups in this event.
Nah, we’d be talking about Voinea’s ghost deduction.
That’s on the judges & her coach, not on Ana. If the judges hadn’t made the mistake, if her coach had made the right inquiry… but as Nadal said “if, if, if … doesn’t exist”.
I hope all 3 of them come back stronger and win more medals to prove everybody wrong.
Okay???
It doesn’t change the fact that would be the predominant narrative. Not what precise element Chiles performed.
Ahahaha… never ever in my life I have seen bigger cry babies and sore losers like americans.
Lol. Clearly I struck a nerve.
Just go look at the reply by the Romanian flair who agreed with me. (Unbeknownst to them, granted, due to my somewhat vague language)
It’s obvious very very few actually think Barbosu deserves the bronze.
There’s also no logically consistent way to reward Barbosu the bronze. Either you argue that judging mistakes should be rectified at which point Voinea should be awarded the bronze or judging mistakes shouldn’t be corrected at which point Chiles should be awarded the bronze as the judging mistakes (including allegedly accepting a late appeal) should stand.
But sure, keep pretending you think it’s Barbosu rather than Voinea who deserves the bronze.