I love Rebeca, apart from the fact she is an absolute legend she seems to be such a sweet person! When she took out her glasses to look at the score, that was adorable! Also, hearing she had to overcome so many hurdles throughout her life and achieving what she did… I have so much admiration for her!

Inquiry <=> appeal

FRG did not feel “entitled” as you so disgustingly put it, your own federation failed to follow proper procedure and your own gymnast was gifted an element she did not perform.

Go away and take your xenophobia with you!

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.

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.

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.

Yes, that’s what I meant but maybe I didn’t phrase it correctly. They provided some evidence they gathered but it was not used to determine the verdict. In fact, the evidence they gathered pointed to 1m24s having passed, most likely because they had no way of knowing exactly when the judge registered the inquiry. But TAS then checked their internal timekeeping and discovered it was in fact 1m4s.

Oh look, an excuse for more Romania hate!

These judges are appointed RANDOMLY. Or maybe you think Romania also controls the odds in which case maybe I should play the lottery!

Anyway, I’d be surprised if this amounts to anything since this guy is a lawyer who pretty much represents everybody that pays him.

TAS didn’t consider any Romanian evidence.

No Romanian evidence was considered during the trial.

I’m not sure you know what “justifiably” means because this whole debacle just proves it’s very much in the air.

I don’t understand why there’s so much hate towards Romania right now, we are the ones who asked for the medals to be shared, lol. Plus it was Ana who was thrown to the sides the day of the competition.

I’m pretty sure Clinton visited at some point…

The award ceremony was already announced (on Friday morning) so I think the medal is either already on its way or it already arrived in Romania - my guess is the latter since they wouldn’t schedule the ceremony without being in possession of it.

Do you know when the ceremony is?

Do you even hear yourself? “Bowing to political pressure” - ah yes, the mighty political pressure of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation. Also following up with a threat. You are unhinged at this point!

So in your opinion, they should have falsified the correct verdict so they don’t “piss off” Americans… interesting opinion you have, favoritism + bullying all in one!

This one actually makes a lot of sense.

The US was trying to appeal a decision that was made the day before and in which THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED and they agreed with. It’s like appealing every day repeatedly for the same thing. What exactly is hard to understand about that?

Maybe I can clarify things.

There is no “allegedly”, the only time that matters is the time recorded using the official clock of the Olympics. Late is late no matter if it’s 4s or 4 minutes. That part is not subjective.

Appeals are not made on video “proof”, videos are not taken into account. The only thing that matters is the official clock.

There are many things broken, but this isn’t one of them. There is one source of truth, the official clock.