Olympic icon Nadia Comaneci begs fans to stop attacking gymnasts after celebrating Jordan Chiles score change

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Just days after gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci criticized judges in Paris for a score change that gave Jordan Chiles a medal, she is now coming to Chiles' defense. 

A controversial reversal of the score change from the women's floor exercise final was announced on Saturday, which could ultimately lead to Chiles being stripped of her bronze medal – one that was given to her after judges increased her score and denied a medal that was initially to go to Romania's Ana Barbosu. 

Chiles announced in an Instagram Stories that she would be stepping away from social media for her mental health. Her comment sections across social media have since been flooded by messages of support from fans, but also a flood of insults from others. 

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Jordan Chiles stands in the podium during the Pan Am Games on Oct. 23, 2023, in Santiago, Chile. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Comaneci begged people across the world to stop attacking the gymnasts at this year's Olympics, using hashtags to tag both Barbosu and Chiles in a post on X on Saturday.

"To all the fans around the world please STOP attacking these young ladies... it is unacceptable and cruel," Comaneci wrote. 

However, Comaneci's plea was in response to her own post from earlier in the day when she expressed pride in Barbosu, her Romanian teammate Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, who was bumped from fourth to fifth in the floor final after the first score change, and Chiles herself.

The post went up shortly after news of Chiles' score change broke, and included a filter over Barbosu's picture that declared her the bronze medalist. 

"Proud of you ladies… you make the