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U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles on Olympic bronze medal controversy: 'I felt like everything has been stripped'

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Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles said on Wednesday that "the recognition of who I was" was also taken away from her following the controversy at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she was initially awarded a bronze medal in the floor exercise, but a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport awarded it to Romania's Ana Bu0103rbosu.

“The biggest thing that was taken from me was, it was the recognition of who I was,” an emotional Chiles said during the Forbes Power Women’s Summit. “Not just my sport, but the person I am.

“It’s not about the medal.