How Simone Biles was painfully robbed of another gold Olympic medal

The controversy surrounding Jordan Chiles and her stripped bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics has received a lot of attention, but another unsettling gymnastics story has presented itself.

Chiles may not have been the only American gymnast negatively affected by inaccurate scoring. It appears as if Simone Biles may have lost out on a gold medal as well.

As Jordan Chiles has continued to fight for the bronze medal that was taken away from her, evidence that she has submitted for her claim has inadvertently shed light on an error that judges may have made when determining Biles’ final score in the floor routine final.

Want to see more like this? Follow us here for daily sports news, profiles and analysis!

USA Today reports that the footage submitted for Chiles’ appeal shows that Biles submitted an inquiry into her score, that was ultimately never registered.

Biles took home the silver medal in the event, as she finished a miniscule 0.033 points behind the gold medal winner, Rebeca Andrade of Brazil.

After this revelation, Biles posted on social media, “honestly not a big deal for me, Rebeca had a better floor anyway.” She also wrote, “Upsetting how it wasn’t processed but I’m not mad at the results.”

In the video footage, Biles is heard asking United States gymnastics coach Cecile Landi, “Is he asking”? This refers to Landi’s husband, assistant coach Laurent Landi, asking the judges to look at Biles’ score.

Laurent Landi and Cecile Landi are then seen speaking in French, and Cecile Landi then turns to Biles to say, “They didn’t send it.” Landi has a look of exasperation after giving this update to Biles.

Simone Biles’ Olympic journey is being chronicled in a Netflix series, which is how this footage came to light for Biles and for Chiles. It’s possible that this event may be highlighted when the episodes are released later in 2024.

Vox wrote a piece in 2021 claiming that Biles is doing things that are head and shoulders above other gymnasts, but had not been getting full credit for it. The piece says that she had performed “two extremely difficult, underscored skills.”

Want to see more like this? Follow us here for daily sports news, profiles and analysis!

After withdrawing from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Biles once again proved why she is one of the greatest Olympians of all time in 2024. According to the Olympics official website, she has seven Olympic gold medals to her name.