USA Gymnastics Cite New Issues With Ruling
But then her coaches submitted an inquiry upon her behalf. According to NBC Olympics, “an inquiry is a verbal challenge of a routine’s score. It is followed by a written inquiry that must be submitted before the end of the rotation. The challenge can only be brought forward after the gymnast’s final score is posted and before the end of the next gymnast’s routine.”
If the gymnast is the final to compete, there’s a one-minute time restrict that begins after the rating is proven on the scoreboard, in keeping with the International Gymnastic Federation (FIG).
The scoring inquiry was a couple of break up leap in Chiles’ routine known as the tour jeté full.
“In the team qualification, in the team final, she did not get credit for this skill,” Olympian and NBC gymnastics analyst John Roethlisberger mentioned through the broadcast. “In the initial evaluation of the skill, the judges did not give her credit for that. I talked to Cecile and Laurent Landi, her coaches, and they said, ‘We thought she did it much better here in the final. So we thought we have nothing to lose, let’s put in an inquiry.’”
After reviewing Chiles’ routine, the judges accepted the inquiry and credited Chiles 0.1 for the leap, bumping her rating as much as 13.766 for third place.
As a consequence, Chiles—who burst into completely satisfied tears when she noticed the outcomes—received bronze. Meanwhile, Barbosu, who’d already been waving Romania’s flag in celebration of her personal efficiency, misplaced her place on the rostrum.
