Jordan Chiles addresses question of whether racism was related to rescinding of Olympic medal

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U.S. Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles opened up about her thoughts on whether racism was a factor in the decision that led to her bronze medal from the 2024 Paris Olympics being rescinded.

During an interview on the "Baby, this is Keke Palmer" podcast, Chiles was asked if she "accepted" that she had "experienced racism" after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned a score change that placed Chiles third on the women's floor exercise medal podium, and knocking her down to fifth place.

"At first, I didn't think of it in that way until I started almost literally getting racist comments and saying this and saying that and basically telling like people were telling me to kill myself and it got to a really, really tough point," Chiles said in response.

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Chiles was awarded third on the first ever women's gymnastics Olympic podium that included three Black medalists, alongside U.S. teammate Simone Biles and Brazil's Rebeca Andrade. Chiles now says that the "all-Black" podium was something that "people don't like."

Simone Biles (silver), Brazil's Rebeca Andrade (gold) and US' Jordan Chiles (bronze) show sportsmanship during the podium ceremony for the artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on Aug. 5, 2024. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)

"I had to get off of social media for a while. Because it was, you know, it was really hard to even see that, as an athlete, like, let alone an athlete, I'm up, there, yes, it's