• Whiskey_RepublicB
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    2 months ago

    That’s how I feel about it, too. Forgive my silly question, but realistically what repercussions would Chiles or US Gymnastics have if Chiles just keeps the medal?

    • masseffect7B
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      2 months ago

      I think Chiles would face sanctions from the international gymnastics body. As far as USAG goes, I’m not sure. They could face sanctions too, but they obviously have more leverage than a single athlete does.

    • anneoftheislandB
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      2 months ago

      They have no legal claim to the medal at this point. The IOC could ban her from future Olympics, but if she doesn’t want to compete in future Olympics then that’s not much of a threat.

      What usually happens is that the IOC puts the pressure on the country’s national Olympic committee to get the medal back–they can threaten them with fines, sanctions, even banning the entire country from the next Olympics if they wanted to. (Obviously the chances of the entire US getting banned are basically nonexistent.) And then they show up at Jordan’s house and ask her nicely to give the medal back.