A gymnast from Romania had her bronze taken away in favor of an American athlete (3 photos + 1 video)
There may have been an error in the calculation of the results, but the Romanian side intends to sue.
Another unpleasant incident occurred at the Olympic Games in Paris. This time, the scandal erupted due to judging in the gymnasts' floor exercises.
On Monday, Romanian gymnast Ana-Maria Barbosa was announced as the bronze medalist. However, the girl's joy was short-lived. The US team appealed the review of the scores of their athlete Jordan Chiles, after which it suddenly turned out that the bronze belonged to her, and not the Romanian. Barbosa was eventually moved to fourth place.
The drama of this story was added by the video of the announcement of the athletes' results. At first, the information about Ana-Maria winning bronze appeared on the board, and the girl joyfully straightened the flag of her country, but a few seconds later new results appeared, which caused the Romanian to go into hysterics.
Today, information appeared that the National Olympic Committee of Romania (NOC) and the Romanian Gymnastics Federation appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in connection with their disagreement with the judges' decision. Also, NOC President Mihai Covaliu sent a letter to the IOC criticizing the work of the judges at the artistic gymnastics tournament.
American gymnasts Jordan Chiles (in white) and Simone Biles also went into hysterics, but from joy
Yesterday it became known that seven-time Olympic champion and winner of 23 world gymnastics championships Simone Biles (she is in the photo with her colleague Chiles, who was awarded bronze) was unable to win even bronze at the Olympics in Paris. The famous American gymnast fell off the balance beam during her performance and took only fifth place.