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.
IOC don’t want to give two same medals to athletes unless they are tied in ranking and set a precedent, which for sure will come back to bite them if they allowed that.
FIG cannot give two or three gymnasts same ranking when their final score were different.
Hence the mess, all on FIG, which would rather dwell in their own shit but only once for a while, rather than living through recurring hell if they set precedent (different score but same ranking).
Yeah, the judging really messed up any possible fair resolution that could come out of this. I’d hate to be in FIG/IOC’s stead right now. You can’t award 1 bronze because the other side feels cheated, you can’t award 2 bronzes because #4 feels cheated, you can’t award 3 bronzes either because it creates a precedent. I don’t see a solution where at least someone isn’t screwed.
The only way this could seem fair is if they organized a showdown between the three, but sadly the rules don’t allow for that. I’m sure the gymnasts would love that since they all feel icky about it already and it would remove any doubts as to who “deserves” it.
IOC don’t want to give two same medals to athletes unless they are tied in ranking and set a precedent, which for sure will come back to bite them if they allowed that.
FIG cannot give two or three gymnasts same ranking when their final score were different.
Hence the mess, all on FIG, which would rather dwell in their own shit but only once for a while, rather than living through recurring hell if they set precedent (different score but same ranking).
Yeah, the judging really messed up any possible fair resolution that could come out of this. I’d hate to be in FIG/IOC’s stead right now. You can’t award 1 bronze because the other side feels cheated, you can’t award 2 bronzes because #4 feels cheated, you can’t award 3 bronzes either because it creates a precedent. I don’t see a solution where at least someone isn’t screwed.
The only way this could seem fair is if they organized a showdown between the three, but sadly the rules don’t allow for that. I’m sure the gymnasts would love that since they all feel icky about it already and it would remove any doubts as to who “deserves” it.