Following video evidence that judges overlooked a potential gold medal inquiry, Simone Biles says it’s not a big deal
The 11-time Olympic medalist might have won a 12th had an inquiry on her behalf been registered, video footage shows.
Simone Biles is taking the high road, after video footage has surfaced showing that she could have won another gold at the Paris Olympics.
In video used to support Jordan Chiles’ bid to keep her bronze medal in the floor exercise, taken from the Netflix documentary series Simone Biles: Rising that was submitted on Monday to the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland,
Team USA coach Cecile Landi is seen submitting a separate inquiry — this one on behalf of Biles — but it apparently went unheard.
Had the judges agreed and adjusted Biles’ score, she would have nabbed her fourth gold of the Games, besting the event’s eventual winner, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade.
Biles posted a 14.133 in the floor final, with a 6.9 for difficulty. If the inquiry had been logged and her score corrected, she would have received full credit for a split leap, vaulting her ahead of Andrade for a score of 14.233. Andrade finished the event with a 14.166.
