It's possible that Simone Biles should have won four gold medals at the Paris Olympics and not three. According to Biles' Netflix documentary “Simone Biles: Rising,” the judges did not receive the gymnast's inquiry for the floor exercise.
Since the score was never updated, it's not certain how much exactly Biles' score would have changed. Brazilian gymnast, Rebeca Andrade scored 0.033 points above Biles, which landed her in second place.
Biles received a score of 14.133, and if the judges accounted for the split leap, it would have given her an additional 0.10 for a score of 14.233. Andrade scored a 14.166, and that would have put her with a silver and Biles ahead with a gold medal. However, Biles is shaking it off.
“Honestly not a big deal for me, Rebeca had a better floor anyways,” Biles said of the Brazilian gold medalist on X who was the first to win gold in gymnastics for her country.
“Upsetting how it wasn’t processed but I’m not mad at the results,” she added.
Biles is not giving up faith that Jordan Chiles' will receive her bronze medal.
“BUT JUSTICE FOR JORDAN,” Biles concluded her message. “ya hear me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Jordan Chiles stripped of bronze medal, files appeal
Biles was not the only one on Team USA that had difficulty with the scoring. Chiles made headlines after she stood for the bronze medal in Paris alongside Andrade and Biles. Coach Cecile Landi inquired about Chiles' score because it did not credit Chiles for her split leap. The judges accepted the inquiry, which landed Chiles in front of Romanian's Ana Bărbosu.
The Romanian women's gymnastics team appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, claiming Team USA did not make their inquiry on Chiles’ scoring in time, and they asked for the scores to be changed back. Coaches have 60 seconds after a score is made.
CAS agreed to Romania's inquiry citing that data showed the USA's inquiry came four seconds too late. Landi provided video evidence that appeared to prove that the inquiry came in on time, but officials still stripped Chiles of her bronze medal.
On Sept. 16, Chiles filed an appeal to the Swiss government about the CAS decision.
“I will never waver from my values of competing with integrity, striving for excellence, upholding the values of sportsmanship and the rules that dictate fairness,” Chiles wrote last month on Instagram expressing how she felt about the situation.
“I am now confronted with one of the most challenging moments of my career; I will approach this challenge as I have others—and will make every effort to ensure that justice is done; I believe that at the end of this journey, the people in control will do the right thing.”
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