While the judges did amend Jordan Chiles’ score by 0.1 point, propelling her from 5th to 3rd place, the aftermath saw the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) deem the inquiry unlawful, nullifying the score addition that occurred right after the event. This decision returned the 3rd place to Ana Bărbosu. In such a situation, I believe that the FIG and the IOC should intervene and award the bronze medal to Ana Bărbosu, Sabrina Voinea, who initially held the 4th place before Chiles, and also to Jordan Chiles—resulting in three bronze medalists. There have been precedents in other sports where the same medals were awarded due to unfair or unlawful judgment processes. What do you think?
The US is saying that they have concrete evidence that the coaches submitted not one but two appeals before the one minute deadline. The bronze medal is Chiles. The result only got overturned because Romania claimed the US didn’t submit their appeal in time, which apparently on video they actually did. The bronze medal is rightfully Chile’s’ under all of the rules.