Flavor Flav Promises To Give Jordan Chiles 'Something No One Else Has' Amid Bronze Medal Drama

Flavor Flav stands by Jordan Chiles and wants to gift her something that "no one else has."

On August 5, 23-year-old Jordan Chiles flipped her way to the bronze medal in the floor exercise final, but not without a little help from her coach’s quick thinking.

USA Gymnastics' Cecile Landi raised eyebrows by challenging the judges on Chiles' original score, which had her in fifth place. The judges recalculated, bumping Chiles' score from 13.666 to 13.766, which snatched the bronze right out of Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu's hands. Barbosu, who initially had the bronze with a score of 13.700, was left in tears.

Controversy and backlash surfaced on social media, leading a judge from the Court of Arbitration for Sport to rule that Jordan Chiles must forfeit her bronze medal.

On August 11, the court decided that Jordan Chiles' bronze medal would be given to Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu. The ruling came after Barbosu and her teammate Sabrina Maneca-Voinea challenged their scores.

Maneca-Voinea’s score was bumped up to 13.700 following an appeal over a stepping-out-of-bounds deduction, tying her with Barbosu. But while Barbosu takes the bronze, Maneca-Voinea ends up in fourth place, and Chiles drops to fifth.

"We are in touch with the NOC of Romania to discuss the reallocation ceremony and with USOPC regarding the return of the bronze medal," a statement from the organization read, per People Magazine.

The CAS found that Landi’s inquiry was submitted outside the one-minute time limit for appeals. However, USA Gymnastics now claims to have video evidence showing that the inquiry was, in fact, within the allowed time.

"USA Gymnastics on Sunday formally submitted a letter and video evidence to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, conclusively establishing that Head Coach Cecile Landi’s request to file an inquiry was submitted 47 seconds after the publishing of the score, within the 1-minute deadline required by FIG rule," the federation said in a statement shared with People on August 11.

Chiles has since stepped away from social media.

After the news broke that Jordan Chiles must return her bronze medal, Flavor Flav, who continuously cheered on Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics, made the gymnast an offer.

"Ayyy YOOOO @ChilesJordan,,, imma make you a BRONZE CLOCK NECKLACE,,, and that’s something NO ONE else has,!!! Hit me up my girl,,, I gotchu,!!!" he wrote in an X post.

Chiles has also received support from her teammates, Simone Biles, Jade Carey, and Suni Lee."Sending you so much love Jordan," Simone wrote. "Keep your chin up Olympic champ! We love you!"

Lee shared, "All this talk about the athlete, what about the judges?? Completely unacceptable. This is awful and I'm gutted for Jordan. I got your back forever Jo. U have all my flowers and you will ALWAYS be an Olympic champion."

Carey posted to her Instagram Stories, writing "Don't punish the athlete for someone else's mistake. With you all the way Jo. You are forever an Olympic champion that has so much to be proud of."

On Sunday, August 11, just before the closing ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics, 18-year-old Barbosu took to her Instagram Stories to respond to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling.

“Sabrina [Maneca-Voinea], Jordan, my thoughts are with you. I know what you are feeling, because I've been through the same. But I know you'll come back stronger,” Barbosu wrote. "I hope from deep of my heart that at the next Olympics, all three of us will share [the] same podium. This is my true dream!"

"This situation would not have existed if the persons in charge had respected the regulation," she continued. "We, athletes are not to be blamed, and the hate directed to us is painful. I wanted to end this edition of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in the spirit of Olympism, the true value of the world."

Chiles addressed the controversy briefly on her Instagram Stories, announcing she is stepping away from social media following the reversal of the ruling in her favor.

“I am taking this time and removing myself from social media for my mental health. Thank you,” she wrote.