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Jordan Chiles May Get Her Bronze Medal Back After All

Jordan Chiles May Get Her Bronze Medal Back After All. If you’ve been following the USA gymnastics drama unfolding over the weekend, you know that Jordan Chiles was stripped of…

Artistic Gymnastics - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 10

PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 05: Jordan Chiles of Team United States poses with her Paris 2024 Olympic medals following the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Floor Exercise Final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 05, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

(Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

Jordan Chiles May Get Her Bronze Medal Back After All. If you've been following the USA gymnastics drama unfolding over the weekend, you know that Jordan Chiles was stripped of her bronze medal. Let's break down exactly what happened.

Jordan Chiles stripped of medal

Jordan was competing in the individual apparatus floor final at the Olympics. Initially, her routine scored her a 13.666 which put her in fifth place behind Maneca-Voinea and Ana Barbosu of Romania who was awarded the bronze medal. However, Chiles' coaches submitted an inquiry with the judging panel, arguing that she should not have received a one-tenth deduction to her difficulty score for her split leap. The judges agreed and Chiles' score was bumped up to a 13.766 which was enough for third place, awarding her the bronze medal.

Upon further review

Upon further review, the Romanian Gymnastics Federation later filed an appeal with CAS, claiming that the inquiry into Chiles' score was submitted too late; precisely four seconds past the one minute that is allotted. They won that appeal, hence Jordan's medal being stripped. However, USA gymnastics is now challenging that ruling saying they have time stamped video footage of them submitting the inquiry on time. According to a statement: "The time-stamped, video evidence submitted by USA Gymnastics Sunday evening shows Landi first stated her request to file an inquiry at the inquiry table 47 seconds after the score is posted, followed by a second statement 55 seconds after the score was originally posted."

No word if and when a decision will be made to reinstate Chiles' bronze medal.

Boston Athlete To Compete For Team USA! Wait, back up. Breakdancing? In the Olympics? Yup, it's happening. You may not have even know this was a thing but it most certainly is. Let's take a look at who will be representing the United States in "Breaking."

Meet the U.S. Olympic Breakdancing team

There are 10 athletes that make up the United States Breaking team. Two men and two women will compete for gold for the first time ever in Olympic competition. Vicki Chang, Javier Chavez, Sunny Choi, Logan Edra, Carmarry Hall, Morris Isby, Jeffrey Louis, Valencio Martinez, Victor Montalvo and Alexander Diaz. Diaz is from Boston and went to Madison Park High School.

Alexander Diaz owns a dance studio in Cambridge

Alex is the President of the Floor Lords Crew. The Floor Lords, according to their website, is an "organization that seeks to use the positive aspect of hip hop dance to reach and empower youth, worldwide." He is a married father of two boys and he's from Roxbury. He even created his own move which he considers dangerous titled the cannonball head spin. According to Diaz if this move is done incorrectly it could knock you out. He's performed alongside artists like Missy Elliott, LL Cool J and 50 Cent. We can't wait to see how Alex fares against the best breakdancers in the world at the Paris Olympics. Breaking takes place on August 9 and August 10.

So what are the best breakdancing songs in the world?  Jeffrey "Jeffro" Louis and Victor Montalvo put together a list of the top breakdancing songs. Here is which songs made the cut. We're going to count down the top 6.

#6 "Protect Ya Neck", Wu-Tang Clan (1993)

#5 "Hot Potato", Freestyle Fellowship (1993)

#4 "Cavern", Liquid Liquid (1982)

#3 "Reggins", The Blackbyrds (1974)

#2 "It's Just Begun", The Jimmy Castor Bunch (1972)

#1 "The Mexican", Babe Ruth (1972)

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