Romania’s Gymnastics Federation: We Proposed Olympic Bronze for All Three Gymnasts!

The Romanian Gymnastics Federation clarifies the situation of the bronze medals: its lawyers launched the proposal for the three gymnasts competing for the Bronze Medal to get it!

The Press Release comes after Ana-Maria Barbosu and the Romanian Gymnastics Federation were accused of discrimination for having the guts to contest the bronze medal awarded to American gymnast Jordan Chiles. The accusations are still flooding the US’s official communication channels and social media, even though the issue of the Bronze Medal was settled by TAS and awarded to the Romanian gymnast.

The Romanian Gymnastics Federation emphasized that his lawyers launched the proposal to award bronze medals to all three gymnasts who fought for them in the floor final, Jordan Chiles, Ana-Maria Bărbosu, and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, at the Olympic Games in Paris.

The Romanian Gymnastics Federation has taken note of the existing accusations at the international level and wishes to clarify certain critical aspects through this press release. The initiative to award bronze medals to all three athletes, Jordan Chiles, Ana-Maria Bărbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, was launched by the lawyers of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation, with the prior approval of the Federation. The leadership of the FRG, through the conventional representatives, submitted all the necessary diligence for this consensus to be reached. We emphasize that there were specific requests from the American side for this desire to be fulfilled, requests that our side accepted every time, an aspect appreciated by the conventional representative of the American side.

Romanian Gymnastics Federation

Throughout this period, the FRG was also supported by Nadia Comăneci to reach a fair consensus for all the athletes about the technical difficulties that proved to be encountered by the International Gymnastics Federation. FRG and its partners have always sought to resolve this dispute in a way that gives respect and gratitude to the athletes involved.

The FRG also appealed to the gymnastics community to end the attacks targeting the three gymnasts and Nadia Comăneci.