Romanian Sports and Olympic Committee sends letter of protest to FIG to review Sabrina Voinea's score from Paris Olympics floor finals

The president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee, Mihai Covaliu, has issued a protest letter asking for a re-examination of Sabrina Voiena's floor exercise at the Paris Olympics. On the final day, the gymnast was pipped by Jordan Chiles for third place.

The final day of gymnastics in Paris experienced an unexpected finish as the dynamics of the podium finishes changed in the floor exercise. It was a lucky day for Team USA's gymnast, Jordan Chiles, as she was bumped to third place directly from fifth place.

She initially scored 13.600, however, one of her leap's difficulty levels was re-checked on the demand of Team USA, which eventually was accepted, and the gymnast's points rose to 13.766, which made Chiles claim her first individual medal at the Paris Olympics. In this process, she trounced two Romanian athletes, Sabrina Voinea and Ana Barbosu, who were initially in the third and fourth positions.

Following this incident, Covaliu sent a letter to the International Gymnastics Federation, addressing president Morinari Watanabe, to re-analyse the floor exercise of Voinea. The letter carried:

"With respect to Olympic vales, the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee forwards this address, by which it respectfully requests you to order the re-analysis by the decision-making factors of the case of the Romanian athlete Sabrina Maneca Voinea regarding the score given to the execution of the exercise in the floor final, contested on Monday, August 5, 2024."

Here is the entire letter issued by Covali:

Jordan Chiles opened up about her bronze medal in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics

Jordan Chiles bagged two medals at the Paris Olympics, including one gold in the team all-around and a bronze medal in the floor exercise, on the last day. Following her achievement in the floor exercise the American gymnast opened up about her getting to third place from fifth and said that she was 'proud' of herself. (as quoted by NBC New York)

"They told me what they did, (the re-analysis of her leap's difficult level), and I was like 'Ok, let's see what they can come back with.'" Chiles said. "When I saw, I was jumping up and down. They were like, 'what happened?' and I showed them. I honestly didn't expect this whatsoever. I'm just proud of myself."

The first position in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics was claimed by the Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade, second place was secured by Simone Biles; and finally the third one was taken by Jordan Chiles.