The gymnastics women’s floor final controversy seems to be far from over. Now, new evidence seems to point out that even Simone Biles may have been affected by judging errors. Footage from an upcoming Netflix docuseries has surfaced showing that she could have won another gold at the Paris Olympics.
Video from ‘Simone Biles: Rising’ was submitted to the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland in connection with the bronze medal battle between Jordan Chiles and Ana Barbaso, also shows Team USA coach Cecile Landi submitting a separate inquiry on behalf of Biles’s unregistered split leap — which went unresolved.
In the appeal video, Biles asked her coach if Landi’s husband, Laurent, had inquired. After Laurent exchanged a few words in French, Landi turned to Biles and said, “They didn’t send it,” gesturing helplessly.
Biles’s score of 14.133 in the floor final included a 6.9 for difficulty. The split leap would have increased her score to 14.233, surpassing gold medallist Rebeca Andrade’s 14.166.
While fans took to social media to protest what could have been Biles’s eighth gold medal overall, Biles herself, who eventually took silver, seems to be taking it all in stride.
“Honestly not a big deal for me, Rebeca had a better floor anyways,” Biles, 27, wrote, and added a hand-heart emoji. “Upsetting how it wasn’t processed but I’m not mad at the results,” she wrote on X.
The gymnast goes on to support her teammate on the platform, adding “Justice for Jordan” in reference to the ongoing bronze medal appeals.
