USA Gymnastics aren't done fighting. After the appeal to re-award Jordan Chiles the bronze medal for her individual floor routine at the 2024 Paris Olympics was rejected , the organization shared that it plans to continue its battle to have her third-place win reinstated. "As we continue to celebrate the successes of Team USA Gymnasts on social media," USA Gymnastics wrote in a statement on X (formerly known as Twitter) Aug.
13 , "know that we are still working full-time to pursue justice for Jordan." And the update received a flood of support from fans of Team USA, with Flavor Fav even commenting under the post, "Put me in coach,,, tell me who I need to call and tell em what time it is,!!!" Chiles was stripped of her bronze metal earlier this month after the International Olympics Committee ruled that the 23-year-old's coach disputed the difficulty on her original 13.666 score—which had ranked her fifth in the individual floor exercise competition—four seconds past the one-minute deadline required by FIG (International Gymnastics Federation).
The decision reallocated the win to Romania's Ana Barbosu , who had been pushed to ranking fourth after Chiles' initial inquiry raised her score to 13.766. Shortly after, USA Gymnastics tried to appeal the ruling , providing "time-stamped, video evidence" meant to prove that the request to reevaluate Chiles' score during the event was submitted 47 seconds after her score was posted and that a second statement was made 55 seconds aft.