Flavor Flav Offers Jordan Chiles a Bronze Clock Necklace amid Olympics Scoring Controversy: 'Hit Me Up'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jordan Chiles and Flavor Flav.Photo:Kristy Sparow/Getty; Luca Bruno/AP

Kristy Sparow/Getty; Luca Bruno/AP

Flavor Flav has Jordan Chiles' back.

The rapper, 65, who has been a breakout star from the2024 Paris Olympicsafter cheering so heartily for Team USA, posted onX(formerly Twitter) on Aug. 11 that he was ready to come to Chiles' aid after she wasstripped of her bronze medalin the gymnastics floor exercise final.

“Ayyy YOOOO @ChilesJordan,,, imma make you a BRONZE CLOCK NECKLACE,,, and that’s something NO ONE else has,!!! Hit me up my girl,,, I gotchu,!!!” he wrote, adding a GIF of himself dancing at the Olympics while wearing one of his signature clock necklaces.

Flavor Flav is known for his signature clock necklaces and has worn one (or more) of them while cheering for Team USA during the Paris Olympics. He rocked the same clock at Jennifer Klein’s Day of Indulgence event on Sunday in L.A., where he repacked aLeSportsacgift bag and jumped back on a plane, according to a source.

Flavor Flav (with Fiji Water) attends Jennifer Klein’s 2024 Day of Mandulgence.Amy Graves Photography

Amy Graves Photography

His offer came to Chiles after her medal was taken away following the scoring controversy during the gymnastics competition.

On Aug. 5, Chiles, 23, competed in the floor exercise final andultimately earned the bronze medalafter her coach, USA Gymnastics' Cecile Landi, submitted an inquiry to the judges on her score (which initially placed her in fifth). The inquiry was successful, showing that her difficulty start value was incorrect, and she was moved into third place.

Chiles' score went from 13.666 to 13.766, moving her ahead of Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu — who had initially been the presumptive winner of the bronze medal when scores were posted — who scored 13.700.

Jordan Chiles at Paris Olympics.Alex Gottschalk/DeFodi Images via Getty

Alex Gottschalk/DeFodi Images via Getty

A judge for the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favor of Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, another Romanian gymnast, on Aug. 11, saying that Chiles would lose her medal and it would be reallocated to Barbosu. Maneca-Voinea’s score was also adjusted after the competition to raise it to 13.700 after an appeal on a deduction over stepping out of bounds, making the two Romanian gymnasts tied. However, Maneca-Voinea would officially take fourth place, and Chiles would take fifth, as the current ruling stands.

“We are in touch with the NOC of Romania to discuss the reallocation ceremony and with USOPC regarding the return of the bronze medal,” a statement from the organization read.

The CAS ruling had been passed on to the IOC and the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to determine how to redistribute the medals.

The CAS determined that Landi’s inquiry was not made in the one-minute time limit allocated for inquiries, however, USA Gymnastics now say they havevideo evidence proving otherwise.

Jordan Chiles doing floor routine at Paris Olympics.Tom Weller/VOIGT/Getty

Tom Weller/VOIGT/Getty

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The letter sent to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) includes a request from USA Gymnastics that the “ruling be revised and Chiles’ bronze-medal score of 13.766 reinstated,” per the Aug. 11 statement.

Team USA gymnastics at Paris Olympics.Jean Catuffe/Getty

Jean Catuffe/Getty

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While Chiles has stepped away from social media, saying that she is “removing myself” during this time for her “mental health,” plenty of people have spoken out on her behalf,including her gymnastics teammates.

Chiles also received support from fellow gymnastsSuni LeeandJade Carey. In apost, Lee wrote, “All this talk about the athlete, what about the judges?? Completely unacceptable. This is awful and I’m gutted for Jordan. I got your back forever Jo. U have all my flowers and you will ALWAYS be an Olympic champion.”

Carey added an Instagram Stories post, “Don’t punish the athlete for someone else’s mistake. With you all the way Jo. You are forever an Olympic champion that has so much to be proud of.”

source: people.com