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Some athletes have had medals taken away from them for different methods of cheating before physically getting on to the medal podium, such as American marathon runner Frederick Lorz at the 1904 Olympics and Swedish horse rider Bertil Sandström at the 1932 Olympics. These athletes are not included in the list as they were disqualified before ...
Here's why Jordan Chiles is being stripped of her Olympic Bronze medal amid controversial 2024 Olympics drama around gymnastics scoring.
On Aug. 16, Raisman came on TODAY after Chiles spoke out about her bronze medal being "stripped away." "I really can't even imagine what this has been like for Jordan," Raisman expressed. "I feel ...
Jordan Chiles has broken her silence after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in favor of stripping the U.S. gymnast of her Olympic bronze medal.. In a statement shared on Instagram ...
But, rather than take away her medal, Romania petitioned that all three gymnasts (that is, Chiles, Bǎrbosu, and Maneca-Voinea) should each receive a bronze medal. The Court of Arbitration for ...
John Wesley Carlos (born June 5, 1945) is an American former track and field athlete and professional football player. He was the bronze-medal winner in the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he displayed the Black Power salute on the podium with Tommie Smith.
The following year she took the steeplechase silver at the 2007 World Championships (in a personal best time of 9:09.19 minutes) and came close to a medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, taking fourth behind Russian teammates Gulnara Samitova-Galkina and Yekaterina Volkova and Eunice Jepkorir of Kenya who took silver.
The IOC's decision to take away Chiles' bronze medal is the latest emotional whiplash following the floor final on Aug. 6 at Bercy Arena. Chiles went last in the final and initially received a ...