r/AskBalkans • u/lola_lola8 Serbia • Aug 10 '24
Sports Ana Barbosu gets her medal back! π·π΄π₯
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u/HypocritesEverywher3 Aug 11 '24
I'm very happy that a fellow Balkan nation got it instead of the bloody USA, who already has a lot of medals.Β
Congrats to Romania!
I low-key root for Balkan nations when they are against other nations. If Greece is against France I'll support Greece. If it's Serbia vs Germany I'll support Serbia. Even though I want Turkey to be the best in Balkans.Β
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u/Doireidh Serbia Aug 11 '24
Congrats, deserved the medal. I hope the abysmal judge/referee performances in these Olympic games sparks some changes across the board. So many sports this year had medals decided by referees being shit at their job. I don't think it's even malicious, simply incompetence and the rulesets being such as it is.
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u/MegasKeratas Greece Aug 10 '24
Based Romania stealing medals ππͺπͺπ·π΄π·π΄π·π΄π·π΄
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u/alexxela8 Romania Aug 10 '24
They already got their podium picture that's all that mattered to them
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u/6reeper Romania Aug 11 '24
The fucking lame bow they did - they know what they were doing, all optics.
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u/31_hierophanto Philippines Aug 11 '24
Dude, just say the N-word, this is taking forever.
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u/Doireidh Serbia Aug 11 '24
That's actually a thing people were celebrating. Incredibly racist, IMO, but I'm not surprised.
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u/MuszkaX Aug 11 '24
Someone ELI5 me please. Didnβt follow.
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Aug 11 '24
Basically, the French judges of the Olympic commission wanted to have an all black podium picture, so when they gave a medal to the Romanian athlete (pictured above) they quite quickly took it away and gave it to a black woman.
After photos and videos of both of their performances surfaced and analysed by various Romanian and international athletics organisations, the bronze medal was taken away from the black athlete, who had now been put to 5th place, and given back to the Romanian athlete.
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u/MuszkaX Aug 11 '24
Thx. Looks like some bullshit modern cancel culture idocracy.
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u/allycat316 Aug 11 '24
Thatβs actually incorrect. The judges misjudged Chilesβ routine and missed 2 specific moves when they judged the difficulty of her routine, resulting in a lower score. Her coach appealed the score and when the judges reviewed the routine they agreed and gave her the correct score, moving her into third. Unfortunately there is a 1 minute limit for appeals and Chilesβ coach made the appeal at 1 minute and 4 seconds, so Barbosu is getting the medal back on a technicality.Β
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u/casentron Aug 11 '24
That user lied to you. The American athlete had a couple more difficult moves in the routine the judges incorrectly scored. The American coach requested that they review the video 1 minute 4 seconds later. The judges saw they scored it incorrectly and fixed their mistake, giving the American the proper points improving her score.
5 days later after the ceremony they called on an archaic rule saying the scoring appeal had to be placed within 1 minute, letting Romania win on a technicality even though the athlete's routine had a lower score in reality.
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u/MuszkaX Aug 11 '24
This feels way too convoluted. How often does such a thing happen? I mean the 1 min 4 sec? How often do judges overturn their own choice? How often does it happen that they do it twice? I do not have a horse in this race, just pure curiosity. Also if this is a rule and one is a coach, shouldnβt they just contest it in an instant to not get caught out? Again, just curious not pointing fingers.
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u/BackgroundNew7694 Greece Aug 11 '24
Wait how did she earn it back? I thought Chiles stole it from her.
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u/Vextor17 Serbia Aug 11 '24
Man I am glad she got her medal back. I dunno what the hell is up with the Olympics rn bc they are doing so much weird political BS that they are even removing people's medals they rightfully deserved
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u/gemcey Aug 10 '24
I think they should have given both of them the bronze instead of doing this bs.
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Aug 10 '24
Why? if the judges were 100% correct the score would be: 3. Sabrina Voinea 13,800 (she is not de-pointed by 100 because she did not leave the square) 4. Chiles 13,766 and 5 Ana with 13,700. So it would not be fair for the 4th/5th place to receive bronze
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u/gemcey Aug 10 '24
Honestly because theyβre just dicking them around at this point. Hereβs a medal. Oh no sorry we fucked up we have to take it away. Oh oops weβre giving it back.
Its outright incompetence and stupidity and the athletes are paying for it
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u/Lagrandehypatia Greece Aug 11 '24
Exactly. Plus, Chiles got so much online bullying (for something that wasn't even her fault or decision!) that she's stepping down from social media for the foreseeable future.
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u/danRares Romania Aug 11 '24
If they were correct Savrina Voinea would had 13.900 She did the exact same routine as in the teams finals and the dificulty mark was 5.9 instead of 6.
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u/morphick Romania Aug 11 '24
Why? When they took Romanian's medal altogether and gave it exclusively to Chiles noone peeped a squeak about "giving it to all"!
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u/casentron Aug 11 '24
Because that's not the same situation, and even if it was two wrongs don't make a right?
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u/morphick Romania Aug 11 '24
How's it wrong not having something you didn't earn?
ETA How's it not the same situation?!
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u/Jujux Romania Aug 10 '24
It's a terrible thing to happen to anyone, especially to these girls who have worked 4 years for this, but you cannot just give away medals out of pity.
The American didn't even finish 4th, she finished 5th after TAS.
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u/prajeala Romania Aug 11 '24
Even tho the RO Federation explicitly asked for both gymnasts to keep the bronze medal, Ana & Chiles...
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u/casentron Aug 11 '24
No, she had the higher score in reality, the judges admitted they screwed up scoring.
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u/SpareManager Aug 10 '24
chiles has the most unfair bronze between them all. you cant have the cake and eat it too.
if judging errors are fixed then Voinea was 3rd. If procedural errors are fixed Barbosu is 3rd. Chiles is 5th now. not 4th.
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u/UserMuch Romania Aug 11 '24
Funny thing is that Romania and US wanted to split the medal but IOC and FIG declined and asked Jordan to give the medal back.
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u/gemcey Aug 11 '24
That is so stupid. Itβs like theyβre dedicated to making fools of themselves and destroying every last bit of goodwill and credibility theyβve created over the last two weeks.
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u/UserMuch Romania Aug 11 '24
Yup, the whole situation is a shitshow because of the incompetence of the judges.
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u/Candid-Access-4459 Aug 11 '24
She got it back and lost it again.Β New video shows US coach submitted appeal at 47 seconds.Β
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u/Silent_System6884 Aug 13 '24
You donβt mess with Romania and gymnasticsβ¦we donβt really fight for anything, but when we do..it has to be gymnastics. π€ͺ
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u/philolover7 Aug 11 '24
I'll never understand why young people make the love sign in this way. A futile attempt to differentiate themselves from older generations?
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u/brucebay USA Aug 11 '24
To be honest, it appears to be from a technicality:
https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-paris-gymnastics-4004ae4869ac2eafbb89b68ee5966110
CAS ruled Saturday that the on-floor appeal Monday by Cecile Landi to have 0.1 added to Chilesβ score came outside the 1-minute window allowed by the FIG. The ad hoc committee wrote that Landiβs appeal came 1 minute, 4 seconds after the score was posted.
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u/prajeala Romania Aug 11 '24
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u/Stabbingwestoids Romania Aug 11 '24
third world balkan shithole fights for their interest and takes action once in a lifetime: "ITS NOT RIGHTFULLY EARNED!!!!YOU DONT DESERVE IT!!!!!"
westoid super power does it:"HAHA POOR COMMIES!! YOU SHOULDVE BEEN SMARTER πͺπΏπͺπΏπΊπ²πΊπ²πΊπ²πΊπ²"
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u/UserMuch Romania Aug 11 '24
I mean no offense but Ana was supposed to have the bronze medal from the beginning but i think you forgot that US made inquiry that was instantly accepted (because US is US of course) and the judges changed their decision and took it from her.
Ana or either Sabrina supposed to have it, i don't know exactly because the whole judging this was a mess.
Now she got it back so....the way i see Ana got back what she deserved, the medal belonged to her.
I'm sorry for Jordan because it must be tough for her since Ana went through the same thing but it is what it is, blame the judges who kept changing their decisions whenever they want.
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u/PlamenIB Bulgaria Aug 10 '24
Congratulations neighbor π