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Is it weird I like the bogan canoe racing way more than the toff rowing.
My niece used to be in rowing when she was at school herein Perth and said all the former champions and Olympians have photos hung up on the walls of the clubrooms.. except for Sally Robbins who is just treated as if they never existed lol.
My niece used to be in rowing when she was at school herein Perth and said all the former champions and Olympians have photos hung up on the walls of the clubrooms.. except for Sally Robbins who is just treated as if they never existed lol.
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I know we are celebrating all our medalists, and rightfully so, but mad props to Michelle Jenneke as well. She copped an injury clearing the 3rd hurdle in her 100m hurdle heat, but got up and finished the race so she can compete in the repechage round, and completed that race as well, and then came out after the race and said she had ruptured a tendon in her hamstring!
Lmao is there anything surer in sport than the US choking in the 4 x 100m relay changeover.
Carl Lewis on another men's 4x100-meter relay flub: 'It's time to blow up the system'
Despite entering as favorites for gold, the U.S. men botched a baton pass, extending a 20-year medal drought.
www.nbcnews.com
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It was a little hard to watch the Aussie - no doubt she gave her best, but she was totally outclassed by the others
I wasn't sure what to expect, but some of the other competitors were really entertaining
Does it stay for future Olympics - not sure
It's not going to be in LA.
Knew that would just have to be an American.
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There's no winners from this - the situation has been handled poorly and sucks for the athlete caught up in this when it would seem that it's the American team which ****ed up
Barbosu and her team had appealed to CAS that an inquiry filed over the results in that event was done so past the one-minute deadline, and that Chiles should not be awarded the score of 13.766 that lifted her to third place behind winner Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and silver medallist Simone Biles of the United States.
Chiles had initially been awarded a score of 13.666, while Barbosu scored 13.700.
"The inquiry submitted on behalf of Ms Jordan Chiles in the final of the women's floor exercise was raised after the conclusion of the one-minute deadline," CAS said.
"The initial score of 13.666 given to Ms Jordan Chiles in the final of the women's floor exercise shall be reinstated."
CAS also ordered the international gymnastics federation FIG to determine the ranking of the final and "assign the medal(s) in accordance with the above decision".
The decision does not affect either Andrade or Biles, who scored 14.166 and 14.133 respectively.
In a joint statement, US Gymnastics and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee said they were devastated by the decision.
"The inquiry into the Difficulty Value of Jordan Chiles's floor exercise routine was filed in good faith and, we believed, in accordance with FIG rules to ensure accurate scoring," they said.
The inquiry led to heartbreaking scenes for Barbosu, who had been celebrating bronze with the Romanian flag in hand, before looking up at the scoreboard in shock to find the medal had been taken away from her. The incident led gymnastics great Nadia Comaneci to tweet "I can't believe we play with athletes mental health and emotions like this … let's protect them."
1. American gymnast set to lose her bronze medal
American gymnast Jordan Chiles is set to lose her bronze medal in the women's artistic gymnastics floor exercise competition after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favour of an appeal by Romania's Ana Barbosu, who will move up to third place.Barbosu and her team had appealed to CAS that an inquiry filed over the results in that event was done so past the one-minute deadline, and that Chiles should not be awarded the score of 13.766 that lifted her to third place behind winner Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and silver medallist Simone Biles of the United States.
Chiles had initially been awarded a score of 13.666, while Barbosu scored 13.700.
"The inquiry submitted on behalf of Ms Jordan Chiles in the final of the women's floor exercise was raised after the conclusion of the one-minute deadline," CAS said.
"The initial score of 13.666 given to Ms Jordan Chiles in the final of the women's floor exercise shall be reinstated."
CAS also ordered the international gymnastics federation FIG to determine the ranking of the final and "assign the medal(s) in accordance with the above decision".
The decision does not affect either Andrade or Biles, who scored 14.166 and 14.133 respectively.
In a joint statement, US Gymnastics and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee said they were devastated by the decision.
"The inquiry into the Difficulty Value of Jordan Chiles's floor exercise routine was filed in good faith and, we believed, in accordance with FIG rules to ensure accurate scoring," they said.
The inquiry led to heartbreaking scenes for Barbosu, who had been celebrating bronze with the Romanian flag in hand, before looking up at the scoreboard in shock to find the medal had been taken away from her. The incident led gymnastics great Nadia Comaneci to tweet "I can't believe we play with athletes mental health and emotions like this … let's protect them."
