Jordan Chiles Tears Up Reflecting on Olympic Medal Controversy: “I Know What the Truth Is”
Jordan Chiles is focusing on the present.
After the Olympic gymnast was stripped of her bronze medal for her individual floor routine from Paris 2024 because of a scoring inquiry issue—the prize was instead awarded to Romania’s Ana Barbosu—she shared where she stands with competing in Los Angeles in 2028.
“For now, I’m still embracing Paris,” she exclusively told E! News during the ESPY Awards red carpet July 16. “I’m still embracing the moments that we’ve all had since Paris. I have one more year of college and then we’ll just go from there.”
Indeed, Jordan, who is a rising senior at University of California Los Angeles, just competed in the NCAA Championships in April where she nabbed her second title for uneven bars and ranked first overall for the season in the floor routine.
But, right now, the 24-year-old is embracing life off the mat.
“It’s been really fun—just finding ways outside of our sport to continue to live our life,” she gushed in an interview alongside Team USA teammate Suni Lee. “There’s more to us, we’re more than just athletes. I think our minds constantly grow and gravitate in different ways so I’ve just been enjoying it.”
