The Olympics have had their share of heartbreak for Jordan Chiles, the U.S. gymnast who was stripped of her bronze medal by the International Olympic Committee.
Chiles posted four broken heart emojis on her Instagram over the weekend after a finding by the Court of Arbitration of Sport that her original fifth-place score in the women’s floor final would be reinstated. But Flavor Flav hopes to mend at least one of Chiles’ broken tickers with a ticker of his own. The rapper known for his clock necklaces has promised to create a bronze version for Chiles.
Flavor Flav posted on X on Sunday, vowing to make the gymnast a custom necklace. “Ayyy YOOOO @ChilesJordan..
.imma make you a BRONZE CLOCK NECKLACE..
.and that’s something NO ONE else has!!! Hit me up my girl,,, I gotchu,!!!” Here’s the beef around Chiles’ medal, in brief: Chiles narrowly defeated Ana Bărbosu of Romania for third place in the Aug. 5 competition.
Her score had originally placed her fifth, but she moved to third after an inquiry by the U.S. shortly after her performance.
But the Romanian Gymnastics Federation said that inquiry came too late, and the arbitration court came down on Romania’s side. So the bronze, the IOC says, goes to Bărbosu. But USA Gymnastics said Sunday it was submitting a new appeal.
Meanwhile, Flavor Flav decided Chiles was more than deserving of one of his custom necklaces. The Public Enemy rapper has been quite vocal with his support for U.S.
women’s sports teams. The rap.