Crew USA gymnast Jordan Chiles was merely handed a devastating blow in her bid to take care of her bronze medal … the governing physique overseeing the controversy says their fingers are tied, new proof be damned!

It is the newest flip throughout the saga involving USA and Romanian Gymnastics … who’re throughout the midst of a feud over the rightful proprietor of the bronze medal throughout the floor rivals, which occurred each week prior to now on August 5.

Sadly for Chiles, the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sports actions says their fingers are tied.

“We’re deeply disillusioned by the notification and can proceed to pursue each doable avenue and attraction course of, together with to the Swiss Federal Tribunal, to make sure the simply scoring, placement, and medal award for Jordan,” USA Gymnastics talked about in an announcement.

After all, Chiles initially scored 13.666 throughout the event … setting her up for a fifth-place finish. Nevertheless, after one among many judges assessed the issue stage of her routine incorrectly, the Purple, White, and Blue challenged the scoring.

After the evaluation, Chiles ranking was then bumped as a lot as a 13.766 … transferring her to third place, and former Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu.

However, that wasn’t it. It was later determined Chiles’ coaches requested for a evaluation too late — 4 seconds to be exact — which led to her medal being stripped and handed over to Barbosu.

“[CAS] burdened that through the proceedings ‘it has been concluded conclusively established by way of the official information offered by the Worldwide Gymnastics Federation, unchallenged by any facet through the proceedings’ that this attraction filed by the Mrs. Landi was handed late after the 1-minute restrict,” the Romanian Gymnastics Federation talked about.