Jordan Chiles’ Sister Calls Out Racists After After IOC Says Jordan Must Return Olympic Bronze Medal: ‘Racism Is Real’

Mar. 15, 2025

Jordan Chiles and Jazmin Chiles.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Jordan Chiles' family is calling out racists after the International Olympic Committee announced thedecision to strip Jordan of the bronze medalshe earned at the2024 Paris Olympics, saying racism “is alive and well.”

During the Olympics, Chiles, 23,earned an all-around gold medalas part of Team USA as well as herfirst solo medalin the individual floor final.

Jordan Chiles on Aug. 5, 2024.Jamie Squire/Getty

Jamie Squire/Getty

The CAS judge ruled in Babosu’s favor and have requested Chiles toreturn her bronzeso it could be redistributed.

The gymnast’s sister,Jazmin Chiles, spoke out about the decision and the corresponding backlash on herInstagram Storieson Aug. 10 and Aug. 11, saying “Racism is real, it exists, it is alive and well.”

“They have officially, 5 days later, stripped her of one her medals,” she wrote. “Not because she didn’t win, not because she was drugged, not because she stepped out of bounds, not because she wasn’t good enough.”

Jazmin continued to criticize the judges who made the error, “But because the judges failed to give her difficulty and forced an inquiry to be made.”

The older sister added, “Her bronze was stripped over 4 seconds of time that would have never needed to happen if the judges did their job.”

Since the incident, Jordan has taken a break from social media, citing her mental health.

Jordan Chiles.Alex Gottschalk/DeFodi Images via Getty

Alex Gottschalk/DeFodi Images via Getty

Jazmine continued to defend her sister in series of Instagram Stories slides, alleging that “in the HISTORY of the Olympics NO ONE has ever been stripped of their medal for this. Also, there are only TWO ways you can be stripped of a medal. Cheating or Doping. She did neither.”

Jazmin then listed some of the derogatory names her younger sister has been called online since the blowback started.

“Just give the other girls a bronze and leave it at that! Period,” she added.

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As of now, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee isfighting the decisionagainst Chiles.

Meanwhile, Romania’s Barbosu responded to the medal decision onher Instagram Storieson Aug. 11, telling Jordan and teammate Sabrina Voinea, “My thoughts are with you.”

“I know what you are feeling because I’ve been through the same,” Barbosu continued. “But I know you’ll come back stronger. I hope from deep of my heart that at the next Olympics, all three of us will share the same podium. This is my true dream.”

source: people.com