Jordan Chiles addresses question of whether racism was related to rescinding of Olympic medal

U.S. Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles opened up astir her thoughts connected whether racism was a origin successful the determination that led to her bronze medal from the 2024 Paris Olympics being rescinded.

During an interrogation connected the "Baby, this is Keke Palmer" podcast, Chiles was asked if she "accepted" that she had "experienced racism" aft the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned a people alteration that placed Chiles 3rd connected the women's level workout medal podium, and knocking her down to 5th place.

"At first, I didn't deliberation of it successful that mode until I started astir virtually getting racist comments and saying this and saying that and fundamentally telling similar radical were telling maine to termination myself and it got to a really, truly pugnacious point," Chiles said successful response.

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Chiles was awarded 3rd connected the archetypal ever women's gymnastics Olympic podium that included 3 Black medalists, alongside U.S. teammate Simone Biles and Brazil's Rebeca Andrade. Chiles present says that the "all-Black" podium was thing that "people don't like."

Simone Biles (silver), Brazil's Rebeca Andrade (gold) and US' Jordan Chiles (bronze) amusement sportsmanship during the podium ceremonial for the creator gymnastics women's level workout lawsuit of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games astatine the Bercy Arena successful Paris, connected Aug. 5, 2024. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)

"I had to get disconnected of societal media for a while. Because it was, you know, it was truly hard to adjacent spot that, arsenic an athlete, like, fto unsocial an athlete, I'm up, there, yes, it's an ‘all-Black’ podium, which is precise rare, it's evidently thing that radical don't like.

"As being a pistillate of color, I started seeing it more. They didn't privation to spot that, they didn't privation to spot 3 beauteous Black women lasting connected that podium. They didn't privation to spot the information that we were conscionable dominating. And I truly took that to heart."

Romania's Ana Barbosu initially finished with a higher people than Chiles erstwhile the American finished her routine.

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At the extremity of the level workout last astatine the summertime games successful August, Barbosu clinched 3rd spot and a spot connected the podium aft judging initially finished. Barbosu was visibly thrilled erstwhile she saw the last scores.

But then, a U.S. manager spoke to the judges and appealed the scoring connected 1 of Chiles' moves. After review, Chiles' people was bumped up, putting the American successful 3rd place, and leaving Barbosu disconnected the podium. When Barbosu looked up and saw the scoring alteration connected the board, she dropped the Romanian emblem she was holding, covered her look with her hands and walked distant successful tears.

Ana Barbosu of Romania walks into the arena earlier the level last connected time 10 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 astatine Bercy Arena connected Aug. 5, 2024, successful Paris, France. (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

Chiles went connected to judge the bronze medal and articulation Biles and Andrade connected the podium.

Then, connected the past time of the Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that the Chiles entreaty was submitted past the one-minute deadline, and changed her people to driblet her backmost into 5th place. The adjacent day, connected Aug. 11, 2004,  the International Olympic Committee (IOC) determined that Chiles indispensable instrumentality the medal.

Chiles antecedently claimed she was facing "racially driven attacks" from societal media users successful a connection posted to X.

In her archetypal sit-down interrogation aft the incidental occurred, she made akin comments.

"To me, everything that has gone connected is not astir the medal, it's about, you know, my tegument color," Chiles said successful a September 2024 interrogation during a sheet astatine the Forbes Power Women's Summit.

The contention brought planetary scrutiny upon the judges who scored the event. The Center of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) released a associated connection condemning the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the judging unit for the outcome.

"If the FIG had enactment specified a mechanics oregon statement successful place, a large woody of heartache would person been avoided," the CAS’ ad-hoc sheet said successful a release. "The Panel expresses the anticipation that the FIG volition gully the consequences of this case, successful narration to these 3 bonzer Athletes and besides for different Athletes and their supporting personnel, successful the future, truthful that this ne'er happens again."

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Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles of Team United States airs with their Paris 2024 Olympic medals pursuing the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Floor Exercise Final connected time 10 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 astatine Bercy Arena connected Aug. 5, 2024, successful Paris, France. Chiles' medal was aboriginal stripped (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

Chiles and Team USA are presently progressive successful an entreaty against the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for its decision.

Chiles' lawyers person argued that her manager did successful information marque the petition successful clip and that determination is video grounds to beryllium it, and person besides indicated that the authoritative who made the determination to portion Chiles' medal had ties to Romania.

Chiles has besides filed an entreaty successful the Swiss Federal Supreme Court to overturn the CAS decision. She argued that she was not fixed a just accidental to support herself and that the CAS did not decently see video evidence.

Barbosu received her bronze medal soon aft the Olympics ended, and expressed sympathy for her American opponent, arsenic good arsenic a Romanian teammate, Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, whose decorativeness was besides impacted by the back-and-forth scoring change.

"I can't assistance but deliberation astir Sabrina and Jordan close now," Barbosu said successful a statement. "It's a hard concern for us, with truthful galore uncertainties and overwhelming emotions. I anticipation everyone understands that we person not done thing incorrect astatine the Olympics. And that the Olympic tone is much important than immoderate misunderstanding betwixt the authorities.

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Barbosu is presently competing successful women's gymnastics astatine Stanford, portion Chiles is competing astatine UCLA. The 2 programs are acceptable to look disconnected connected March 7.

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