Second Romanian Gymnast Files Protest Over Controversial Olympic Floor Final as Jordan Chiles

second Romanian gymnast files protest over controversial Olympic floor final as Jordan CHS fights for medal the Romanian gymnastics Federation filed an appeal claiming that Sabrina manika never stepped out of bounds despite being deducted points to battle for bronze continues as Jordan Charles and USA Gymnastics continue their fight to reclaim her medal and floor from the Paris Olympics after it was stripped and given to Anna barbosu based on a ruling from the court of arbitration for sport a second Romanian gymnast has filed an appeal in an effort to gain the medal on Monday August 26th the Romanian gymnastics Federation said in a statement that an appeal has been filed with the Swiss Federal tribunal on behalf of Sabrina manika after the court of arbitration for sport Cas denied her complaint from earlier this month that she was incorrectly scored manika and the Romanian Federation are arguing that the back and forth between child's and Barbosa's appeals would be irrelevant and that Manoa would be deemed the clear winner if the judges hadn't inaccurately deducted 0.10 points from her claiming she stepped out of bounds according to USA Today replay footage shows that Monika VOA did not step out of bounds during the final had Manoa not been deducted to 0.10 points for the inaccurate penalty she would have scored 13.8 putting her ahead of both childes and barbosu the C reject rejected the Romanian federation's appeal earlier this month and said the Judgment cannot be reviewed per USA Today the decision as to whether a 0.1 deduction was appropriate is a textbook example of a field of play decision one that does not permit the arbitrators to substitute their views for that of the referee the cas said it warrants the non-interference of Casas as it entails the exercise of judgment by the referee based on expertise in the field of play now the Romanian Federation is taking their appeal Beyond Cas to the Swiss Federal tribunal in an attempt to raise manoa's score and put her in third place USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic and Par Olympic Committee have said they also intend to file an appeal with the Swiss Federal tribunal during the August 5th final Charles who performed her routine last initially earned a score of 13.66% both finished with 13. 70 0 after the score came in child's coach Cecil Landy submitted an inquiry arguing that the judges hadn't given proper consideration to the difficulty level of her routine in the initial score the judges agreed and changed child's score to 13.763 she was named the Browns winner in the event taking the podium alongside Simone biles and Rebecca Andrade marking the first ever all black gymnastics podium in an Olympic game games but soon after the Romanian Olympic Committee argued that Landy hadn't submitted her inquiry in time claiming she was 4 seconds late the cas agreed with this appeal and child's score was reverted back to 13. 666 child's case for the bronze led by the yak now hinges on claims of critical errors in scoring by both the International Gymnastics Federation and the C appeal process as well as video evidence that Landy was not not late to submit her appeal following the C decision to strip her of her metal child said she had no words for the devastating result this decision feels unjust and comes as a significant blow not just to me but to everyone who has championed my journey she wrote in a post on Instagram on August 15th to add to the Heartbreak the unprompted racially driven attacks on social media are wrong and extremely hurtful I've poured my heart and soul into this Sport and I am so proud to represent my culture and my country I will approach this challenge as I have others and will make every effort to ensure that Justice is done I believe that at the end of this journey the people in control will do the right thing childes concluded

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