Jordan Chiles shared her first update on life after the 2024 Summer Olympics — and proved she’s still winning!
The gymnast, who was awarded a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics in July for her individual floor routine before it was stripped after a row with the Romanian team, took a well-deserved break from social media — then returned with some seriously sexy photos in bikini to prove that it doesn’t bother her.
In the summer snaps, the 23-year-old athlete posed in a tiny black bikini top and bottoms covered in flashy kiss marks.
The photos also show Chiles’ collection of tattoos. She completed the winning swimming look with a black scarf around her hair woven into braids, large Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses and her signature colorful manicure.
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Chiles didn’t caption the post, but fans, including Camila Cabello, flooded the Instagram comments section with words of support and praise. (“Baddie,” Cabello declared.)
Many of the messages echoed the words of encouragement Chile’s teammate, Simone Biles, shared with her privately.
“I was talking to her one day, and I said, ‘You know what, Jordan, you have to feel all these feelings. Don’t let these emotions stop you. This is going to be the healthiest way to get through this,’ Biles recently told PEOPLE about how she’s been supporting Chiles during this time.
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Jordan Chiles after winning a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Chiles’ announcement comes weeks after she and the USA gymnastics team secured medals with their incredible routines at the Paris Olympics in July.
On August 5, she won bronze in the floor final after finishing in fifth place at the beginning of the competition, based on the judges’ scoring. However, her coach, Cecile Landi, challenged the ranking based on an incorrect weight rating, particularly regarding a jump that involved performing a mid-air split while spinning 540 degrees.
The judges agreed with Landi, increasing Chiles’ score from 13.666 to 13.766 and awarding her bronze ahead of Romanian gymnasts Ana Barbosa — the first to win bronze — and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea.
The Romanian Olympic Committee protested the decision a day later, with a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) judge ruling that Landi had submitted the inquiry at 1 minute 4 seconds – four seconds too late to count.
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Jordan Chiles.
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Jordan Chiles breaks her silence after being stripped of her Olympic bronze medal: ‘This decision seems unfair’
Chiles was then officially stripped of her floor medal from the Paris Olympics after a CAS judge ruled in favor of Barbosuon and Maneca-Voine on 10 August.
Chiles posted a series of somber messages on social media shortly before the CAS verdict was announced. I am taking this time to remove myself from social media for my mental health, thank you, she wrote.
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