Jordan Charles will have to return her bronze medal after a bombshell Olympics ruling the gymnast won her first individual medal in the floor finals at the Paris games but the victory wasn't without controversy Jordan initially placed fifth in the event before her coach Cecil Landy filed an inquiry with the judges claiming that the difficulty of Jordan's routine had not been taken into proper account the judges ultimately agreed and increased Jordan's score by on10th of a point put put her into third place ahead of Romania's Anna barbosu because Jordan performed last Anna had already begun celebrating before the revised decision and Romania's gymnastics officials appealed to the International Gymnastics Federation known as fig with the Prime Minister also withdrawing plans to attend the closing ceremony the court of arbitration for sport announced on August 10th that Jordan's original score was being restored after the organization determined that her coach had filed the judge's inquiry for second outside the one minute window the following morning the international Olympic Committee confirmed that the bronze medal would be reallocated to Anna and plans for a new ceremony were underway Jordan had taken the podium in Paris with silver medalist Simone biles and Brazil's Rebecca andrai in a now iconic moment where the Team USA athletes bowed down to Rebecca for her gold-winning achievement ahead of the ioc's official decision Simone and teammate Sunni Lee both shared support for Jord an emotional posts on their respective Instagram stories with Simone res sharing a quote from Sunni calling the situation unacceptable USA Gymnastics said in a statement that they were devastated by the C ruling noting that coach Cecil's inquiry was filed in good faith and they believed in accordance with all rules and regulations to ensure accurate scoring Cecil had also stuck up for Jordan as the athlete faced hateful comments and cheating accusations online throughout the ordeal writing in a social media comment Jordan won this bronze medal and didn't steal anything from anyone I simply did my job and fought for my athlete when it was confirm that her original score was being restored Jordan announced she was taking a break from the public eye to focus on her mental health posting a string of broken heart emojis [Music]