United States’ gymnast Jordan Chiles has misplaced her bronze medal within the Paris Olympics girls’s ground train after the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dominated that the judging panel improperly granted an inquiry that moved her up from fifth.
In consequence, 18-year-old Romanian Ana Barbosu was awarded the ground medal by the Worldwide Gymnastics Federation (FIG).
“I can barely categorical my feelings, I can’t consider it,” Barbosu informed Romanian media after she was awarded her nation’s solely medal within the gymnastics competitors.
“Once I heard the information, I used to be afraid it wasn’t true, and as soon as I used to be certain, I hugged my dad and mom and referred to as everybody who had helped me.”
In response to purposes filed by the Romanian Gymnastics Federation and gymnasts Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, CAS dominated that the enchantment of Chiles’ diploma of issue was submitted previous the one-minute deadline for such inquiries and shouldn’t have been granted.
