Olympics outrage after Team USA shot putter Chase Jackson breaks down in tears over uniform 'nightmare'

Olympics Team USA shot putter Chase Jackson collapsed down successful tears aft she arrived successful Paris and saw that nan azygous she was fixed was not her size. 

The 30-year-old jock took to an Instagram Story to speak retired astir nan rollercoaster of emotions she had knowledgeable while astatine nan 2024 Paris Olympics. 

As tears filled her eyes, she admitted that she had been flooded pinch sadness for nan past 'hour' because 'they didn't person thing successful [her] size.' 

The five-foot-10-inch gangly way and section prima later clarified that she didn't get nan correct size because of a 'logistical nightmare.' 

However her first video was met pinch anger and Chase's fans rushed to societal media to definitive their fury.

In her first post, nan 30-year-old wrote, 'When you walk your first hr successful Paris crying because they didn't springiness you thing successful your size.'

One personification wrote: 'This is immoderate reddish basking bulls*** not having charismatic opening ceremonial attire for this beautiful woman.'

Someone other added: 'Shameful!' 

One personification commented: 'I dislike that this happened for her. As a plus-sized woman, I cognize really that feels. As an Image Consultant & wardrobe stylist, I will opportunity that arsenic acold a unit brands go, I person recovered Ralph Lauren to transportation clothes, particularly dresses, that are rather accommodating for curvy female and person had inclusive sizes to take from… Not saying this was ok, conscionable adding immoderate context.' 

'Absolutely nary excuse. I'm judge that they had "non-standard" magnitude pants to fresh nan ace gangly hoops players. They should beryllium embarrassed. I dream that Chase has an astonishing Olympics! Rooting for her,' different said. 

'Epic failure,' a 5th personification wrote. 

Chase past explained successful a follow-up post, in an effort to calm down furious fans, that they did transportation her size, but location had been 'an admin error' that changed her requested size.

'Arriving and seeing incorrect sizes was evidently beautiful upsetting but my squad present person been astonishing successful fixing it,' she said.

'The USATF/Team USA/Nike guys really came through.' 

She went connected to opportunity that location was nary request to beryllium angry pinch nan companies arsenic she insisted it was conscionable a mishap.

'Turns retired location was an admin correction connected nan strategy that recorded each of my sizes incorrectly for each of nan different brands,' she continued.

'Just to beryllium clear, each brands do person my size, it conscionable wasn't fixed to maine primitively but I person it now, truthful it's each good. There was nary removal aliases thing conscionable a ace unfortunate logistical nightmare!'

The sports prima explained that she was highly affectional erstwhile she was handed nan incorrect size because of a assortment of reasons. 

She confessed: 'I deliberation I sewage truthful upset because it's happened earlier wherever I've not been included and it's hurtful. I'm truthful thankful that's not nan lawsuit present and it was an honorable mistake. 

'I'm happy to talk to anyone astir these kinds of issues either successful narration to this aliases nan authorities of it successful general, but it'll beryllium aft I've done my competing.'

The jock has antecedently revealed that while she now knows 'strong is beautiful,' she didn't ever deliberation that way. 

Chase told USA Today: 'I was not nan delicate dancer. It was hard. When group opportunity thing like, "You look beardown arsenic an ox!" It's like, "I'm 12, tin you not opportunity that?"' 

She told nan outlet that she worked difficult to attraction connected letting herself beryllium girly, and she had recovered caller ways to clasp her feminine side. 

She past made it her ngo to thief young girls consciousness much comfortable successful their skin. 

Chase is group to compete successful nan qualifying information of women's changeable put connected Thursday.