Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu broke her silence on Sunday after the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) ordered American Jordan Chiles to return her bronze medal.
Barbosu might be awarded the bronze medal amid the controversy that adopted the ground train ultimate on the Paris Olympics final week. The Heart for Arbitration of Sport dominated that the U.S. inquiry into Chiles’ rating was previous the one-minute deadline and dominated that her rating of 13.666 be reinstated, which might drop her to fifth within the rankings – even behind Romanian Sabrina Mancea-Voinea.
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Barbosu’s message got here after the IOC’s willpower however earlier than the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee deliberate to file an enchantment and USA Gymnastics stated they’ve proof that the inquiry got here to the judges inside the time-frame twice. Barbosu blamed officers for the drama.
“Sabrina, Jordan, my ideas are with you. I do know what you’re feeling as a result of I’ve been via the identical. However I do know you’ll come again stronger,” she wrote in a submit on Instagram. “I hope from deep of my coronary heart that on the subsequent Olympics, all three of us will share the identical podium. That’s my true dream.
“The state of affairs wouldn’t have existed if the individuals in cost had revered the regulation. We, as athletes, are to not be blamed, and the hate directed to us is painful. I needed to finish this version of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 within the spirit of Olympism, the true worth of the world.”
USA Gymnastics stated later Sunday it has video proof displaying that the inquiry was on time.
Chiles has not made any remark since studying of the CAS ruling, which led to her taking a social media break.
In the meantime, Mancea-Voinea, Barbosu and Chiles have all taken criticism on-line over the entire ordeal.
Romanian gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci begged folks the world over to cease attacking the gymnasts.
“To all of the followers world wide please STOP attacking these younger girls… it’s unacceptable and merciless,” she wrote on X.
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