Everything you need to know about the bronze medal debacle in the Paris floor final involving Jordan Chiles (USA), Ana Barbosu (ROM) and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (ROM), Women’s Technical Committee President Donatella Sacchi and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Is this a nationalistic fight between Romania and the USA or simply poor decision-making and procedural execution by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG)? Did the CAS act fairly and impartially? This is a guide from gymnastics insiders to everything that led to Jordan Chiles being asked to return her bronze medal a few days after the competition ended. Our first FAQ series on the subject can be found here: Behind the scenes: Back from Paris with the ClusterFuggle of Bronze.

In this episode we discuss:

• Who’s to blame here (hint: it’s not the gymnasts, so don’t shoot them)
• What the hell happened to lead to this bronze medal game?
• Who got which grade, was it changed and why?
• Who made the decision to change Jordan Chile’s score?
• Why might the linesmen have thought that Voinea had left the field of play?
• Why didn’t they correct the decision because of an out-of-bounds score for Voinea?
• Why was Jordan’s score changed?
• Why didn’t they check Jordan’s entire routine?
• What happened when Romania contested the results?
• What did the CAS decide and how could they mess it up?
• What did the FIG and the International Olympic Committee decide and how did they screw it up?
• What is the USOPC arguing now?
• Who won the bronze medal?
• Who has the bronze medal now?
• Do Barbosu and Jordan both have bronze medals?
• What about Voinea (who was supposed to win the bronze medal); did anyone give her due credit?
• What happens next? Spoiler: We are watching Switzerland for the final appeal before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court
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