FX EF INQUIRY (Jordan Chiles Stripped Of Bronze Medal/USAG launches appeal)

[MaryClare]

Agreed that they should award multiple medals. I know the IOC hates ties but the do happen. I remember two gold medals for high jump(?) in Tokyo.

The IOC has recently covered up positive sopping tests and allowed those athletes to compete and win medals in Tokyo (search Chinese swimming scandal) and told the USOPC to shut up about it. So I don’t really care about the way the IOC feels about ties and multiple medals.

They can’t award Barbosu and Chiles because Voinea is between them. It’s not about them not liking it, they can’t do it

 

[Caligym]

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[Passion]

Her toe is possibly oob on the turn there. It’s hard to say either way from that video

I can try to take a video of the zoomed out routine later, but it will have to wait until after closing ceremonies are over.

 

[FrolovasDoubleLayout]

Her toe is possibly oob on the turn there. It’s hard to say either way from that video

The line of the body can go outside of the markings and if no body part touches it is not OOB.

 

[Caligym]

Omg if this is true they are going to have to “take the medal away” from Ana AGAIN… you couldn’t make this up.

 

[onodian]

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Who would have known this would be the mother of all controversies

 

[QuietColours]

Does anyone else just have a Google doc at this point they can send to people them asking them about this mess? It just got easier than retyping it over and over

 

[MaryClare]

The line of the body can go outside of the markings and if no body part touches it is not OOB.

I’m not talking about the line of the body. I’m talking about the toe on her supporting leg. It moves during the turn

 

[MaryClare]

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Wow

 

[FrolovasDoubleLayout]

I’m not talking about the line of the body. I’m talking about the toe on her supporting leg. It moves during the turn

Can you post of screen cap of where her toe is near the contrast?

 

[MaryClare]

Can you post of screen cap of where her toe is near the contrast?

 

[onodian]

That's not even close to oob.

Just get over the fact that she's Romanian. Think it's afanasyeva. Then tell me what you see

 

[irichluck21]

In real time, Voinea seemed off balance on her turn into the corner, and I swore that her toes brushed the blue. Would have to see it from other angles though.

 

[Regionals]

Folks who missed opening the screenshot: USAG has submitted video evidence the inquiry request came at 47 seconds and a second notice at 55 seconds.

 

[makam]

And we thought we would be BORED with gymnastics at the Olympics being "over" and nothing on the schedule until next year!

 

[MaryClare]

In real time, Voinea seemed off balance on her turn into the corner, and I swore that her toes brushed the blue. Would have to see it from other angles though.

Yep. This is my assessment too. Both at the time and closely rewatching

 

[Hatsumomo]

How much time did USAG/USOPC have to gather their own evidence of the time span of the inquiry and what was the evidence presented to say Cecile was 4 seconds over the limit?

Of course, if the last athlete up had the same amount of time as the others in the final to submit an inquiry, all of this would be moot.

 

[MaryClare]

That's not even close to oob.

Just get over the fact that she's Romanian. Think it's afanasyeva. Then tell me what you see

It is. The supporting foot is pivoting towards the line as she turns

When the choices are 2 Romanians and 1 American, whom I find especially annoying, you can guarantee I have no horse in this race.

The rest of you are all influenced by whom you want to win.

I want none of them to win.

 

[Memphisgym]

 

[Denn]

@Denn Again - how would you react if the .1 ND had not been taken and an OOB would be visible after the fact.
I mean - you are clearly upset by the judge's mistake (which we do not even know for sure) although there was an option to inquire by the coach which they did not use.
I somehow have problems imagining your calm and rational reaction to a mistakenly not-deducted OOB.

This has happened many times in the past — including in the Paris Olympics. Nobody has flipped their lids about it, but even if one did, that doesn't mean that judges should contradict the rules and penalize gymnasts when they have doubt.