Team USA stripped of Olympics 2024 gymnastics medal due to protocol breach five days after rival was left in tears

AMERICAN gymnast Jordan Chiles has been STRIPPED of her Olympic bronze five days after the medal ceremony.

The gong will be returned to Romania’s Ana Barbosu, who broke down in tears after Team USA’s inquiry led to her initially losing out on an individual floor medal.

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Chiles inquired about her own score after she initially placed fifth in the women’s floor exercise final on Monday.

After a successful challenge, she received a tenth back on her final score as a split leap with a 1.5-turn, was originally not credited.

Chiles jumped up and down and was in tears as she hugged her US gymnast teammate, Simone Biles, following the bronze medal announcement.

Barbosu, meanwhile, was left without words after her third-place finish was changed to placing fourth – meaning she did not receive a medal.

But the Romanian Gymnastics Federation issued their own appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the decision on Tuesday – 24 hours after the event.

The ruling judges that Chiles’ inquiry was submitted over the one minute deadline of art. 8.5 of the FIG Technical Regulations and is “determined as ineffective.”

The report said: “The initial score of 13.666 given to Ms Jordan Chiles in the final of the women’s Floor exercise shall be reinstated.

“The Federation shall determine the ranking of the final of the women’s floor exercise and assign the medals in accordance with the above decision.”

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And Chiles – who thought she’d won her first individual Olympic medal – has been left utterly devastated with the U-turn.

The American posted on her Instagram story: “I am taking this time and removing myself from social media for my mental health. Thank you.”

Meanwhile, Romania also submitted a review for the scoring of their gymnast Sabrina Maneca-Voinea’s score.

But this was rejected.

The Romanian Gymnastics Federation wrote on Instagram: “Following this decision, Ana Maria Bărbosu gets the bronze medal while Sabrina Maneca Voinea ends the competition on the 4th place.”

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