For Jordan Chiles, the Paris Olympics in August marked both the realization of a dream and a rude awakening.
Chiles finished third in the women’s gymnastics floor exercise final after Team USA coach Cecile Landi filed an inquiry challenging the scoring of her routine. International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) officials conducted a review, confirmed an error in the judging, and raised Chiles’s score, boosting her from fifth to the bronze medal position (and displacing Ana Barbosu of Romania). Five days later, after Chiles had returned home to a hero’s welcome, she learned it was all a big mistake.
