Romanian Olympic gymnast Ana Barbosu obtained her bronze medal Friday after it was controversially stripped from American gymnast Jordan Chiles final week.
Barbosu was honored at a public medal ceremony in Bucharest, posing for pictures along with her newly acquired medal at her dwelling nation’s Olympic Home.
The Romanian initially completed third on the finish of the ground routine equipment, however after a profitable rating attraction from Chiles’ camp, she was bumped all the way down to fifth and the bronze medal was awarded to the American.
Nonetheless, the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dominated Chiles’ attraction was filed 4 seconds too late, reversing the choice and prompting the Worldwide Olympic Committee to re-award the medal in response to the unique outcomes.
Barbosu made a press release in help of her teammate, Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, and Chiles on the medal ceremony Friday, saying “I hope everybody understands that we have now finished nothing flawed.”
She additionally wished “that the day will come when all three of us will obtain a bronze medal every,” emphasizing that “the Olympic spirit is extra necessary than any misunderstanding between the authorities.”
The medal ceremony for Barbosu and her phrases come lower than 24 hours after Chiles broke her personal silence on the controversy.
USA Gymnastics mentioned Aug. 12 that it’s going to proceed combating for Chiles and plans to attraction the medal stripping determination to the Swiss Federal Tribunal after it was denied an preliminary attraction by the CAS regardless of having new proof.
