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Although the unforgettable Paris Olympics ended in scandal, individual cases are likely to continue for a long time. Romanians and Americans are like this The fight for the Olympic title in women's floor gymnasticsOf course, the final match took place, so the identity of the bronze medalist will ultimately be determined by the lawyers and the court.
In the women's floor final, Romania's Ana Barbosu was originally in third place, but the Americans defended the result to the judges, because they believed their opponent, Jordan Chiles, deserved more points than he received.
The competition judges upheld the appeal and awarded Chiles the highest score of ten, knocking Barboso off the podium.
But the Romanians did not leave it at that, they also appealed, but not to the competition judges, but first to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), and then, after its rejection, to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) with a request for legal redress.
But surprisingly, they did not question the legitimacy of the result, but based their argument on the fact that the American team was awarded a penalty kick after one minute had passed.
The court ruled in favor of the Romanian team, and the International Gymnastics Federation changed the final result again on Saturday, so Once again the Romanian athlete came in third place..
Well, the case is not over yet, because the American side also appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and indicated that it could prove through video recording that Cecil Landy, the coach of the American gymnasts, sent the warning 47 seconds after the result was announced.
