Gymnast Ana Barbosu SPEAKS OUT After Losing Medal To Jordan Chiles At Paris Olympics

Glad that Jordan was able to medal, but I do feel bad for Ana. But this isn't Jordan fault like some people are claiming. Mistakes happen but those judges have to take accountability for that.

Why can’t I find the video of her floor routine but you can find anyone else’s? Anyone find this weird???

How humble these amazingly talented people are ❤

FYI - Ana did a fantastic routine and it was heartbreaking to see the medal taken away from her BUT the person who was really robbed was Sabrina (the 5th place finisher from Romania). She was given a -.1 deduction for out of bounds and she did not go out. She submitted an inquiry and it was rejected. All of this happened BEFORE Jordan went on floor. If Sabrina had not been deducted for OOB she would’ve won the bronze. Jordan’s coaches were right to inquire about her difficulty (though it’s questionable as to whether or not the skill they credited her for was actually fully completed). But even if it was, Sabrina did not go OOB and so if you add the .1 deduction to her score it would be higher than Jordan’s (even with the correction). Obviously, not Jordan or her coaches fault. Just bad/biased judging.

How about just giving them both a medal. You fucking take a medal away

It is not even surprising yet. You can work hard, go to Olympics and your medal goes to...US! It wasn't you day it wasn't your medal- that's it. Best demotivation for participation in the Olympics for athletes of this country. And many other countries. That is the goal

Im glad that Jordyn was able to medal, and she is my sentimental favorite, but the Romanians were underscored. Voineau had no neutral deduction, and even the NBC commentators noted that. Both of the Romanians had cleaner landings than Jordan.

Jordan knows her routine was not the best. She missed twice on landing cleanly. Even she knew it while at the end of her routine that she just did okay. Ana....did a much better job. And, for that poor girl to break down after they took her medal away is just robbery. They should have just awarded Jordan and Ana the Bronze medal. This has happened before on sharing a medal, so that would have been the best call. Or....Jordan should have stepped up and given her medal to Ana out of good sportsmanship, because Jordan is going home, and it will cross her mind that she won by an Inquiry.

I like what the Romanian former gymnast said, and it’s what I’ve been saying - execute better so there’s no room for interpretation. Maybe add a tumbling pass. Andrade and Biles do 4, while most of the other gymnasts do 3. If Andrade had gone out of bounds like she often does, she would have still gotten silver even with Biles’s mistakes; however she controlled what she could and ended up winning. Lesson for Barbosu, and good luck to her in the future.

I was shocked, the Romanian girls are stronger than Simon, my God, the Romanian girls played well, they were robbed, the Romanian girls deserve the gold because their performance was very, very good, I am from Morocco and I noticed that

Both Romanian gymnasts were far better than Jordan in my opinion. Nothing against Jordan, I just don't understand how she finished ahead of both of them. It looked like they had fewer mistakes and were much more graceful. I mean, it's called "artistic" gymnastics after all...

These athletes have so MUCH class that a good portion of the public could NEVER dream to have. Ana wasn’t “robbed” the judges didn’t do their job right the first time they put her in that messed up situation.

Barbosu was good but made one glaring mistake compared to her competitors. She wasn't born American...

Revealing that Romanian coaches instruct gymnasts that they must to a little better and try harder to avoid interpretation. Sort of what some coach their children on here in the US.

Não conheço as ginastas da Romênia e curiosamente elas fizeram a mesma pontuação..mesmo sendo leigo, acredito que a 1ª romena a saltar merecia a medalha de bronze.. para mim os juízes foram "influenciados" pelo treinador por ele ser americano.

I cant find Ana Barbosu routine anywhere?

Shame shame shame … to get a medal you don’t deserve. She should apologize

The Romanian girl was robbed. 😞

I don't disagree with the landing not looking great but Jordan's combos had a higher skill level and it's not like she fell nor did she go out of bounds- they just weren't artistically as good as what she's done in the past. But the degree of difficulty deserves to be rated accurately. This is absolutely on the judges and why they kept underscoring events and routines. They need to get it right the first time. This just happened in swimming to American Katie Walsh. She was awarded the silver and then the medal was reversed because they realized she turned incorrectly when finishing a lap. Can't imagine how crushed she was. I would have loved to see an outcome where they both gymnast were given the Bronze medal or that the Romanian gymnast was awarded a Commendation or something because that correction was devastating.

Αλητεία 😢😢😢