floor exercise
noun
: an event in gymnastics competition consisting of various ballet and tumbling movements (such as jumps, somersaults, and handstands) performed without apparatus
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The bronze medal in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics was mistakenly denied her because judges calculated her score wrong, then awarded to her, then taken away and given to Romanian Ana Barbosu because CAS ruled the U.S. appeal was filed four seconds late.
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
Chiles was stripped of her first individual Olympic medal after the Romanian gymnastics team challenged the decision to revise her final score in the floor exercise to CAS.
—Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
Flav created the custom clock for Chiles after she was stripped of her bronze medal following the gymnastics floor exercise final at the Paris Olympics in August.
—Mark Gray, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2024
Naomi Baker/Getty Images Jordan Chiles, the American gymnast whose Olympic bronze medal was revoked by an arbitration court days after the floor exercise final in Paris, has appealed her case to Switzerland's highest federal court.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 16 Sep. 2024
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
Chiles was stripped of her first individual Olympic medal after the Romanian gymnastics team challenged the decision to revise her final score in the floor exercise to CAS.
—Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
Flav created the custom clock for Chiles after she was stripped of her bronze medal following the gymnastics floor exercise final at the Paris Olympics in August.
—Mark Gray, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2024
Naomi Baker/Getty Images Jordan Chiles, the American gymnast whose Olympic bronze medal was revoked by an arbitration court days after the floor exercise final in Paris, has appealed her case to Switzerland's highest federal court.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Floor exercise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floor%20exercise. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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