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CAS reasoned decision is out

And Sabrina will never get the medal she earned because of the line judges

so many layers to this whole gymnastics scoring scandal like clearly there’s an aspect of horrible anti black racism in the way jordan chiles has been treated on social media + xenophobia against romanians coming from american fans (which is i think driven to some degree by the fervent anti russia sentiments even though that doesn’t make any sense lol) + an aspect of perceived and actual favouritism towards usag as a federation by fig and judges for years that is now reaching a breaking point + americans convinced that actually usag gymnasts are somehow underdogs because romania won a bunch of medals in the 70s. and of course nationalistic jingoism on both sides 🤩

it’s actually proven that americans are the underdogs because they downgraded simone’s beam dismount

ok so i definitely know this but just asking for my friend who doesn’t. can you appeal NDs the same way you can dispute a D score?

While I do think taking away a medal after a competition is over sets a bad precedent, I really disagree with the “they should give out three medals” or “this gymnast deserves it because taking it away is bad for her mental health.” I mean like, this is an Olympic final. Gymnastics is an elite sport. I feel bad for the athletes but the Olympics shouldn’t be in the business of handing out participation medals. It sucks that Sabrina, who I think had the third best routine that day, is the only one who has no shot of getting the bronze atp

Stripping a medal should only be done as punishment for the athlete violating competition rules (eg doping, age cheating, calling out a hit on your main competitor, etc), not because the judges made an error. I don’t give a fuck otherwise.

I agree, I think it has to do with Sabrina. Jordan having a bronze medal, while the athlete who placed above her doesn't have one, doesn't make any sense. I doubt there are specific rules for this kind of thing, but how can the 5th place get bronze and the 4th nothing?

Issue 3 bronzes then. They didn’t have a fucking problem issuing 4 gold medals that one time

Which is exactly what RGF actually requested.

This is what I'm getting stuck on. I actually understand the CAS ruling but the FIG should have admitted multiple mistakes were made and were awarding the two extra bronze medals. If it's up to the IOC then they should have just said they are in talks about an outcome. Making the statement that they were accepting the CAS ruling and changing the standings with no other information makes it seem like they are screwing over Jordan because of four seconds which is petty as hell. Like the way this is playing out is the worst for everyone involved.

It’s sooo obvious that USA stans only have any empathy for Jordan in this situation, not the two Romanian girls who both did better routines than Jordan and were wronged. Idk how else you come to the conclusion that a Romanian gymnastics legend who is a leader of the federation standing up for her athletes is because she’s actually just a racist

your biggest competitor in a sport should be yourself and that’s my hot take.

If I had a nickel for every time the Olympic gold medalist on beam had an identical twin who was also an Olympic gymnast, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

Wait, they're fraternal? I can't tell them apart!

Sometimes that just happens. My brothers are identical but we have friends that are fraternal that look more identical than my brothers do.