Jordan Chiles: Gymnast could lose Olympic bronze in score dispute

American gymnast Jordan Chiles could be stripped of the bronze medal she won in the women’s floor final after a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).

It upheld a complaint by the Romanian Olympic Committee that an inquiry submitted by the US team about Chiles’ score fell outside the one-minute limit for such appeals and should be disregarded.

Chiles initially scored 13.666 in Monday’s final, putting her in fifth place in the competition, and leading Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu, who scored 13.7, to believe she had won the bronze medal.

However, after the inquiry by Chiles’ coach Cecile Landy with regard to her difficulty rating, officials upgraded Chiles’ score to 13.766, placing her third.

The adjustment left Barbosu, who had begun celebrating her medal, upset and led to a protest from the Romanian team.

In reinstating Chiles’ score to 13.666, Cas said in a statement it was up to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to “determine the ranking of the final of the women’s floor exercise and assign the medal(s) in accordance with the above decision”.