Jordan Chiles was “heartbroken” after his Olympic medal was stripped

But then her coaches submitted a request on her behalf. According to NBC Olympics, “A request is a verbal challenge to the score of an exercise. This is followed by a written request that must be submitted before the end of the rotation. The challenge cannot be made until after the gymnast’s final score is announced and before the end of the next gymnast’s exercise.”

If the gymnast competes last, according to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), a time limit of one minute applies, which begins after the score is displayed on the scoreboard.

The evaluation question was about a split jump in Chile’s free program called “Tour Jeté Full”.

“In the team qualification and in the team final, she was not recognized for this ability,” said the Olympian and NBC gymnastics analyst John Roethlisberger said during the broadcast. “At the first assessment of the skill, the judges did not give her any credit for it. I have Cecile And Laurent Landiher coaches, and they said, “We thought she did much better here in the final. So we thought, we have nothing to lose, let’s start an investigation.”

After reviewing the routine, the judges granted the request and awarded Chiles 0.1 points for the jump, increasing her score to 13.766 points for third place.

Chiles, who burst into tears of joy when she saw the results, won bronze, while Barbosu, who had already waved the Romanian flag in celebration of her own achievement, lost her place on the podium.