Jordan Chiles' bronze medal in the women's floor exercise final at the Tokyo Olympics is currently under scrutiny following a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The court determined that the judging panel had improperly granted an inquiry that led to an increase in Chiles' score, ultimately moving her into the bronze medal position ahead of Romania's Ana Barbosu.
The decision now rests with the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to determine the rightful recipient of the medal. If Chiles is indeed stripped of her bronze, she would become only the third gymnast in history to have an Olympic medal revoked, and notably, the first to have one taken away without violating any rules.
The previous cases of medal stripping involved China's Dong Fangxiao and Romania's Andreea Raducan from the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Raducan had her individual all-around gold medal rescinded after testing positive for a banned substance found in cold-medicine pills provided by a team doctor. On the other hand, China's team all-around bronze was revoked when it was discovered that Dong was only 14 years old during the Sydney Games, which made her ineligible to compete as the minimum age requirement is 16.
