Aly Raisman wants Jordan Chiles to know that she's flipping amazing. The retired gymnast took a moment to share how proud she is of her fellow Olympic gymnast in the wake of the controversial ruling that stripped her of the bronze medal in the floor routine at the 2024 Paris Olympics . "I'm so proud of Jordan and how she's handling this," Aly exclusively told E! News ' Francesca Amiker .
"I can't imagine how devastating this is because Jordan has worked her entire life for this." Jordan was stripped of the bronze medal for her individual floor routine Aug. 11 after the International Olympics Committee ruled her coach had disputed her original 3.
666 score—which had placed her fifth in the competition's ranking—past the one-minute deadline required by International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). The committee's decision reallocated the medal to Romania's Ana Barbosu . And Aly—who previously won six Olympic medals as part of the U.
S. women's gymnastics team—is especially impressed with Jordan's decision to step back from social media and prioritize her own mental health. "I'm proud of her for taking time for herself and taking a break from social media," she continued.
"I think that she should do whatever she needs right now and to take care of herself." The 30-year-old admitted she is still confused by the IOC and FIG's decision that the rule came after the one minute mark. "It makes no sense to me, and that's what's so it's just so devastating and really hard to understa.