Simone Biles has message for Jordan Chiles after athlete was stripped of bronze medal following score controversy

Simone Biles shared a heartfelt message for Jordan Chiles after she was stripped of her bronze medal following a controversial score change.

The 23-year-old American gymnast was awarded with the third place accolade for the floor final, following a difficulty score inquiry submitted by her Olympics coach, Cecile Canqueteau-Landi.

And, due to the score change, Team Romania's Ana Bărbosu lost her place on the podium.

Simone took home the silver medal, while Brazil's Rebeca Andrade took the gold.

While Jordan had scored 13.666 in the final - initially putting her in fifth place - it was later upgraded to 13.766, which placed her third and ahead of Barbosu.

She had already been celebrating her bronze win and was gutted when the appeal meant she lost out.

The decision came after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld an appeal from the Romanian Olympic Committee.

It claimed that the inquiry into Chiles' score was made four seconds outside of the one-minute window for appeals and therefore would need to be disregarded.

"Following the CAS decision with regard to the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Floor Exercise Final and the amendment of the ranking by the International Gymnastics Federation, the IOC will reallocate the bronze medal to Ana Bărbosu (Romania)," the IOC said in a statement.

"We are in touch with the NOC of Romania to discuss the reallocation ceremony and with USOPC regarding the return of the bronze medal."

Simone - who took home three gold medals and one silver - has offered her support for Jordan in the wake of the controversy, taking to Instagram where she wrote: "Sending you so much love Jordan, keep your chin up Olympic champ! We love you!"

Meanwhile, in a joint statement posted to X, USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee said: "We are devastated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling regarding women’s floor exercise.

"The inquiry into the Difficulty Value of Jordan Chiles’ floor exercise routine was filed in good faith and, we believed, in accordance with FIG rules to ensure accurate scoring.

"Throughout the appeal process, Jordan has been subject to consistent, utterly baseless and extremely hurtful attacks on social media.

"No athlete should be subject to such treatment. We condemn the attacks and those who engage, support or instigate them.

"We commend Jordan for conducting herself with integrity both on and off the competition floor, and we continue to stand by and support her."

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It was a heartbreaking Olympics for Team USA gymnast Jordan Chiles.

After she'd walked away with a bronze medal on the women's floor exercise gymnastics, a court ruled that a Team USA inquiry that secured her podium finish came four seconds too late.

As such, Romania's Ana Barbosu was reinstated in third, with Chiles potentially having to hand back her medal.