There is growing outrage over the decision to strip Jordan Chiles of her Bronze medal. The Athletic staff editor Tess DeMeyer joins Ana Cabrera to break down the situation.
USA gymnast Jordan Chiles spoke this week about losing her Olympic bronze medal, saying that the controversy and the resulting racist backlash brought up traumatic memories she has worked to overcome. “To me, everything that has gone on, it’s not about the medal,” she said Wednesday at the Forbes Power Women Summit. “It’s about, you know, my skin color. It’s about the fact there were things that have led up to this position of being an athlete, and I felt like everything has been stripped.
The Romanian Gymnastics Federation appealed the score adjustment after the medal ceremony, and the arbitration court ruled that Chiles’ challenge came four seconds too late, though Team USA disputed that it was outside the time limit. The court ruling sparked outrage in the U.S., but the controversy around the score change also stoked a frenzy of racist attacks online against Chiles. USA Gymnastics and the U.S.
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