We thought the most important drama that might come within the gymnastics girls’s flooring closing can be the duel between Simone Biles and Rebecca Andrade, however no person may have predicted what occurred on the very finish of the competitors after Jordan Chiles took the ground.
Chiles was the ultimate competitor, needing to raised a 13.700 to make the rostrum. It was a giant rating, however attainable. What ensued was a extremely nice efficiency, however maybe not sufficient to make it.
The judges agreed, initially giving her a rating of 13.666, which seemingly set the ultimate locations as:
- Rebecca Andrade (BRA): 14.166
- Simone Biles (USA): 14.133
- Ana Bărbosu (ROU): 13.700
- Sabrina Voinea (ROU) 13.700
- Jordan Chiles (USA): 13.666
Bărbosu had received bronze primarily based on a level of problem tiebreaker along with her teammate. She grabbed the Romanian flag, was strolling across the area — then the announcement got here that there was a revision to Chiles’ rating.
So, what precisely occurred? Crew USA lodged a rating inquiry instantly after Chiles’ 13.666 got here via. They felt as if the judges missed a component to the routine, particularly a cut up soar with a full flip, which wasn’t judged as a full flip. It’s a type of small strategies that hardly registers once you’re watching on TV, however the margin of error was so small that the whole lot mattered.
The judges permitted the assessment, acknowledged that they incorrectly scored the talent, and the rating on the method from a C-Begin worth, to a tougher D-Begin worth. This meant an additional 0.1 factors, and adjusted Chiles’ rating to a 13.766, knocking the Romanian pair down and taking bronze.
It’s unimaginable to not really feel for Bărbosu, who thought she’d received a medal solely to seek out out she missed out all collectively. It was a wild ending we by no means anticipated.
