Romania's Prime Minister to BOYCOTT 2024 Paris Olympics closing ceremony over Jordan Chiles controversy - after USA gymnast being moved up to third denied them bronze

Romania's Prime Minister has opened up connected his plans to boycott nan Paris Olympics' closing ceremonial amid fury complete nan 'scandalous situation' which denied 1 of their female gymnasts a bronze badge this week.

Ana Barbosu had already begun celebrating her bronze for nan level arena Monday erstwhile USA coaches entered an entreaty to judges complete American gymnast Jordan Chiles' score.

The enquiry resulted successful a 0.1 boost for Chiles, capable to overtake some nan Romanian and her compatriot Sabrina Voinea for nan past spot connected nan Olympic podium, leaving some women successful tears for contrasting reasons.

Following Barbosu's sadistic blow, nan Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee is requesting a reappraisal of nan determination to bump Chiles up to 3rd spot successful Paris.

And Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu is truthful enraged, successful fact, that he will nary longer beryllium attending nan closing ceremonial for nan Olympics connected August 11.

'I decided not to be nan closing ceremonial of nan Paris Olympics, pursuing nan scandalous business successful nan gymnastics, wherever our athletes were treated successful an perfectly dishonorable manner,' Ciolacu said successful a station connected Facebook. 

'To retreat a badge earned for honorable activity connected nan ground of an appeal... is wholly unacceptable!'

Ciolacu promised Romania would still grant Barbosu and fifth-place finisher Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, besides Romanian, arsenic Olympic medalists, 'including successful position of nan prizes.'

'You person pinch you an full federation for which your activity and tears are much precious than immoderate medal, nary matter what precious metallic they are from,' he added.

Barbosu was opinionated connected nan level holding a Romanian emblem erstwhile she looked up and saw nan scoring alteration connected nan video board. She dropped nan emblem successful shock, brought her hands to her look and walked disconnected successful tears.

Inquiries are a modular portion of gymnastics competitions, pinch athletes aliases coaches asking judges to reappraisal a regular to guarantee elements are rated properly. Scores tin beryllium adjusted up aliases down based connected an inquiry.

The revised scoring of Chiles' capacity besides nudged Maneca-Voinea down to 5th place.

Romania was a longtime superpower successful gymnastics, but this was nan program's return to nan Olympics aft a 12-year break. The country's gymnastics awesome Nadia Comaneci besides lashed retired aft nan event, penning connected X: 'I can't judge we play pinch athletes intelligence wellness and emotions for illustration this.'

Ciolacu said that viewers worldwide were 'literally shocked by this unspeakable scene' and claimed that it highlights 'somewhere successful nan strategy of organizing this competition, thing is wrong.'

Meanwhile, Mihai Covaliu - nan president of nan Romanian Olympic Committee - officially sent a missive of protestation to nan International Gymnastics Federation regarding Voinea's people successful nan aftermath of nan result.

'With respect to Olympic values, nan Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee... respectfully requests you to bid nan re-analysis [of] nan determination making factors of nan lawsuit of nan Romanian jock Sabrina Maneca Voinea regarding nan people fixed to nan execution of nan workout successful nan level final,' nan missive began.

'We make this petition based connected nan attraction that that International Olympic Committee and nan full world sports activity gives to nan athlete.

'The measurement of assessing nan people awarded and nan refusal to afloat coming nan reasons/evidence for nan rejection of nan entreaty submitted wrong nan deadline provided by nan regularisation brings superior harm some to nan image of world gymnastics but particularly affects nan athlete, endangering [her] intelligence health.

'The media sum of nan lawsuit of nan Romanian sportswoman astatine nan world level, her nationalist declaration to springiness up practicing this athletics arsenic a consequence of today's determination morally obliges nan decision-makers to reanalyze, substantiate and pass nan last decision.

'The balanced and nonsubjective argumentation that [the International Gymnastics Federation] promotes gives america assurance successful nan adjacent solution of nan presented case.'