Jordan Chiles’ Olympic Bronze in Floor Final: Explaining Her Jaw-Dropping Score Change – E! Online

Jordan Chiles’ Olympic Bronze in Floor Final: Explaining Her Jaw-Dropping Score Change – E! Online


As for what the scoring inquiry involving Chiles’ routine entailed?

“The element in question is called a tour jeté full,” Olympian and NBC gymnastics analyst John Roethlisberger explained during the broadcast. “In the team qualification, in the team final, she did not get credit for this skill. She has to make a complete twist all the way around—so she should finish finishing back toward the other direction. In the initial evaluation of the skill, the judges did not give her credit for that.”

“I talked to Cecile and Laurent Landi, her coaches,” he continued, “and they said, ‘We thought she did it much better here in the final. So we thought we have nothing to lose, let’s put in an inquiry.’ And the judges decided to give it to her. That’s your one-tenth and that’s the difference in the medal.”

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