Newly-awarded bronze medalist Ana Bărbosu sympathizes with American Jordan Chiles after medal ruling

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Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu received her bronze medal Friday. She is now officially the newly-crowned third-place finisher in the Paris Olympics women's floor exercise final after a lot of deliberation. 

She received the medal nearly two weeks after being reduced to tears when it was stripped from her on the competition floor. 

When the Paris Olympics gymnastics competition ended 11 days ago, Jordan Chiles held the medal. She and her teammates returned home thinking she had just won the bronze, her first Olympic medal in an individual event. 

However, she had the medal in part because of a successful appeal by U.S. coaches after her final score in the floor final. 

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Romanian gymnast Ana Maria Bărbosu is given an Olympic bronze medal by Mihai Covaliu, president of Romanian Olympic Committee, Aug. 16, 2024, in Bucharest, Romania. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP)

Bărbosu believed she had won the medal after Chiles' initial score was announced. She was holding a Romanian flag when she looked up and saw the scoring change on the board. Just then, she dropped the flag, covered her face with her hands and walked away in tears.

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Bărbosu is now sympathizing with Chiles and Romanian teammate Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, who was bumped to fourth place from fifth place after the scoring change was reversed.

"I can't help but think about Sabrina and Jordan right now," Bărbosu said in a statement. "It's a difficult situation for us, with so many uncertainties and overwhelming emotions. I hope everyone understands that we have not done anything wrong at the