IOC orders US gymnast Jordan Chiles to return bronze medal after appeal saga
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The American gymnast Jordan Chiles must return the bronze medal she won in the Paris Olympics floor exercise. The news came after sport's highest court voided an on-floor appeal by Chiles' coach that vaulted the gymnast to third.
The International Olympic Committee announced early on Sunday it was reallocating the bronze from last Monday's women's floor final to Romania's Ana Barbosu after gymnastics' governing body, the FIG, said on Saturday night it would respect the court's decision and elevate Barbosu to third.
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