USA gymnast Chiles loses floor bronze to Romania’s Barbosu after CAS ruling

Jordan Chiles

USA gymnast Jordan Chiles has lost her bronze medal in the Paris Olympics women's floor exercise after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Saturday that the judging panel improperly granted an inquiry that moved her up from fifth.

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As a result 18-year-old Romanian Ana Barbosu was awarded the floor medal by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) later on Saturday. A devastated Chiles took to Instagram to post four broken hearts, adding: "I am taking this time and removing myself from social media for my mental health thank you."

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