Jordan Chiles is taking a break from social media after losing her bronze medal in a shock decision at the Olympics.
Her sister, Jazmin, however, is not — and called out the racist comments made toward Jordan over social media.
“Please keep Jordan (and my family) in your prayers,” Jazmin wrote in a lengthy Instagram story after Jordan was bumped from third to fifth in the floor final via a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Saturday. “Racism is real, it exists, it is alive and well.
“They have officially, 5 days later, stripped her of one of her medals. Not because she didn’t win, not because she was drugged, not because she stepped out of bounds. Not because she wasn’t good enough.
“But because the judges failed to give her difficulty [score] and forced an inquiry to be made.
“FOUR SECONDS. Her bronze was stripped over 4 seconds of time that would have never needed to happen if the judges did their job.
“I love you baby sis. And I got yo back no matter what.”
The CAS ruling found the judges wrongly allowed an inquiry into Chiles’ difficulty score, as it came outside the one-minute window allowed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique. Romanian Ana Barbosu was restored to bronze with teammate Sabrina Maneca-Voinea in fourth, both ahead of Chiles, who had won her first individual Olympic medal.
The U.S. Olympic Committee will appeal the decision.
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With Simone Biles winning silver and Brazilian Rebecca Andrade winning gold, removing Chiles from the podium prevented it from being the first all-black Olympic gymnastics podium in history.
“Just so y’all are aware – in the HISTORY of the Olympics NO ONE has ever been stripped of a medal for this,” Jazmin Chiles wrote in another post. “Also – there are only TWO ways you can be stripped of a medal. Cheating or doping. She did neither.”
Jazmin clarified she doesn’t think racism is “the root cause” of her sister losing her medal, but said Jordan has been receiving racist messages online.
“Funny thing is yall think i’m pulling the race card as a reason to WHY she got her medal stripped . NO 👏🏽 I’m saying that because y’all’s👏🏽 mouths 👏🏽 need SOAP👏🏽 🧼,” Jazmin wrote on X.
Suni Lee, Chiles’ teammate, also blasted the ruling on social media.
“All this talk about the athlete, what about the judges??” Lee wrote. “Completely unacceptable. This is awful and I’m gutted for Jordan. I got your back forever, Jo.”
Chiles posted a trio of broken hearts on her Instagram story Saturday, announcing that she will be off social media for the time being for her mental health.
