Simone Biles and Suni Lee got here to the help of Jordan Chiles on social media because the American gymnast’s bronze medal win within the ground train is in limbo.
Chiles could find yourself having to return the Olympic medal after the Middle of Arbitration for Sport dominated Saturday that her rating should revert to the unique mark as a result of the U.S. didn't file an inquiry with judges in time. The Worldwide Olympic Committee on Sunday decided that Chiles should return her medal, however USA Gymnastics appealed the ruling, saying it had video proof exhibiting coaches made the inquiry in time.
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Group USA Simone Biles, left, and Jordan Chiles pose victorious with their medals following the ladies's ground train last at Bercy Enviornment in Paris. (Erick W. Rasco/Sports activities Illustrated by way of Getty Photographs)
As Chiles wrote on her Instagram Tales over the weekend that she was heartbroken over the chaotic scenario, Biles and Lee provided messages of help.
"Sending you a lot love Jordan," Biles wrote on her Instagram Tales. "Maintain your chin up olympic champ! We love you!"
Lee wrote a loving message of help as nicely and took a swipe at Olympic officers over the debacle.
Jordan Chiles of america competes through the ladies's ground train last of creative gymnastics on the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris on Aug. 5, 2024. (Cao Can/Xinhua by way of Getty Photographs)
"All this speak concerning the athlete, what concerning the judges?? Fully unacceptable. That is terrible and I’m gutted for Jordan," she wrote. "I bought your again eternally Jo. (You) have all my flowers and you'll ALWAYS be an Olympic champion."
Group USA wrote on its X account, "Without end THAT lady."
If Chiles is stripped of her medal, she is going to turn out to be solely the third gymnast in historical past to have an Olympic medal stripped. The opposite two had been China's Dong Fangxiao and Romania's Andreea Răducan, each of whom misplaced their medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Group USA, from left to proper, Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, Jade Carey, Sunisa Lee and Simone Biles have a good time after profitable the gold medal through the Ladies's workforce competitors last at Bercy Enviornment in Paris. (Eric W. Rasco/Sports activities Illustrated by way of Getty Photographs)
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Răducan's particular person all-around gold medal was stripped after testing constructive for a banned substance from cold-medicine drugs given to her by a workforce physician. China's workforce all-around bronze was stripped after it was found Dong was simply 14 years outdated in Sydney, which is 2 years too younger to compete.
Fox Information’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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