Jordan Chiles should have share of bronze medal in 3-way split, Romanian gymnastics officials say

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What if Jordan Chiles, Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea just shared the bronze medal for the floor exercise and put the lasting Paris Olympics drama to be once and for all?

That’s what the Romanian Gymnastics Federation (FRG) maintained in a statement on Monday as USA Gymnastics launched and was denied an appeal to the Center of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after its ruling that Chiles’ score should be reverted back to 13.666, dropping her back to fifth place in the floor exercise. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Chiles should give back her medal.

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Bronze medalist Jordan Chiles poses during the victory ceremony for the women's floor exercise of artistic gymnastics at the Paris Olympics, Aug. 5, 2024. (Cao Can/Xinhua via Getty Images)

USA Gymnastics said it had new evidence to show that its inquiry into changing Chiles’ score at the competition was made within the 1-minute deadline. The organization said CAS declined to hear the new evidence and vowed to take every legal action to rectify things.

The FRG also wanted CAS to change Maneca-Voinea’s score to 13.800 because officials believed a penalty was given without basis. Additionally, the FRG wanted the CAS to award all three gymnasts the bronze medal. The CAS denied the other requests and only ruled on Chiles‘ score.

On Monday, the FRG defended its position and doubled down on all three gymnasts getting a medal.

"The initiative to award bronze medals to all three athletes, Jordan Chiles, Ana-Maria Barbosu, and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, was proposed by the lawyers of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation, with the