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Optimus Prime said:
“The energy and vitriol that people had was pretty alarming.”
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This is Raygun's first year on earth, apparently. I'll give her one thing, being this guileless at 36 in this day and age.
 
Jordan Chiles, the American gymnast whose bronze medal at last month’s Paris Olympics was stripped away over a technicality, filed an appeal in Switzerland’s Supreme Court on Monday in her ongoing effort to reclaim her third-place finish.


After she initially was awarded bronze in the women’s floor final, Chiles’s medal was revoked when the Court of Arbitration for Sport, a Switzerland-based global body that settles sports disputes, ruled an inquiry into Chiles’s score during the event — which increased her mark by one-tenth and moved her into third place — was not made before the one-minute deadline.

The results of the competition were retroactively modified, and the International Olympic Committee awarded Romania’s Ana Barbosu the bronze medal.


The filing also identified the evidence that appears to show the decisive inquiry was initiated before the deadline: The documentary crew that followed teammate Simone Biles at the Olympics captured audio of Chiles’s coach, Cecile Landi, telling an official she wanted to submit an inquiry on behalf of Chiles.

The filing includes a video in which Landi says, “Inquiry for Jordan!” within one minute of Chiles’s score posting. Landi is not in view of the camera, so it’s unclear how close she was to the official, but she can be heard requesting an inquiry twice……..

 
I am so sick of hearing about this bronze medal. It was FUBAR'd from the get go and no amount of rigamarole is going to un-FUBAR it.
 
Madmarsha said:
I am so sick of hearing about this bronze medal. It was FUBAR'd from the get go and no amount of rigamarole is going to un-FUBAR it.
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Well, you don't have to read it, lol. I really haven't seen anything on it outside this thread, so idk. I hope she gets to keep her medal, but if I were her, I'd focus on other things. But if it's that important to her, then she should try get a favorable ruling if she can.
 
DaveXA said:
Well, you don't have to read it, lol. I really haven't seen anything on it outside this thread, so idk. I hope she gets to keep her medal, but if I were her, I'd focus on other things. But if it's that important to her, then she should try get a favorable ruling if she can.
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I don't actually read it but I do see the blurbs and stuff. She's going back to UCLA so they've (the Bruins gymnastic team) got to start focusing on that and leaving this behind. IMO.

ETA: Like I said, I don't read it but here's the thing, I tend to follow NCAA gymnastics a good bit because I enjoy watching it. So unless I just watch with the sound off, I am gonna hear about it whether I want to or not.
 
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Optimus Prime said:
Jordan Chiles, the American gymnast whose bronze medal at last month’s Paris Olympics was stripped away over a technicality, filed an appeal in Switzerland’s Supreme Court on Monday in her ongoing effort to reclaim her third-place finish.


After she initially was awarded bronze in the women’s floor final, Chiles’s medal was revoked when the Court of Arbitration for Sport, a Switzerland-based global body that settles sports disputes, ruled an inquiry into Chiles’s score during the event — which increased her mark by one-tenth and moved her into third place — was not made before the one-minute deadline.

The results of the competition were retroactively modified, and the International Olympic Committee awarded Romania’s Ana Barbosu the bronze medal.


The filing also identified the evidence that appears to show the decisive inquiry was initiated before the deadline: The documentary crew that followed teammate Simone Biles at the Olympics captured audio of Chiles’s coach, Cecile Landi, telling an official she wanted to submit an inquiry on behalf of Chiles.

The filing includes a video in which Landi says, “Inquiry for Jordan!” within one minute of Chiles’s score posting. Landi is not in view of the camera, so it’s unclear how close she was to the official, but she can be heard requesting an inquiry twice……..

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Technicality giveth, technicality taketh.
 
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South Korean pistol shooter Kim Yeji, whose skill and nonchalance won the internet at the Paris Olympics, has landed her first acting role – as an assassin.

The 32-year-old took silver in the women’s 10m air pistol in July and her ultra-calm demeanour, combined with her wire-rimmed shooting glasses and baseball cap, turned her into a worldwide online sensation……


www.theguardian.com

Viral South Korean Olympic shooter Kim Yeji scores first acting role – as an assassin

South Korean pistol shooter Kim Yeji, whose skill and nonchalance won the internet at the Paris Olympics, has landed her first acting role – as an assassin
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

 

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