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Newly released footage shows the women’s gymnastics judges at the Paris Olympics floor routine final neglected to process a request from U.S. coaches for a review of Simone Biles’ routine. Had the request been considered and her score changed with what the U.S. coaches saw, it likely would have resulted in Biles taking gold.

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Biles initially won silver with a score of 14.133, just 0.333 points behind Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, who won her second Olympic gold after a famed comeback from three ACL tears.

The footage, submitted to the Swiss Federal Tribunal as part of a court case involving American teammate Jordan Chiles’ attempt to claim bronze in the event, was released to the public in an official Swiss court filing.

It shows Biles asking coach Cecile Landi if he’s asking the judges about her appeal. The coach’s wife, Laurent Landi, replied to Biles, saying, “He said he did.”

Laurent was then heard speaking French before Cecile turned back to Biles and said, “They didn’t send it.”

Biles was penalized 0.6 points for stepping outside of the competition mat. If she had she gotten full credit for her split leap, it would have given her an additional 0.10 in difficulty and a 14.233. That would have put her ahead of Andrade, who scored a 14.166.

If Biles had won gold in that event, the U.S. would have finished with 41 gold medals at the Paris Games and in sole possession of the gold medal lead. Instead, the U.S. settled for a tie with China at 40 golds.

It also would have taken away one of the many highly discussed moments of the Paris Olympics, when Chiles and Biles bowed down to Andrade on opposite sides of the medal podium. It was, before further review, the first all-Back gymnastics podium in Olympic history.

Biles responded to the footage in a post on X Wednesday, saying she is happy with the outcome and is more focused on Chiles’ court case.

“Rebeca had a better floor anyways, upsetting how it wasn’t processed, but I’m not mad at the results,” Chiles wrote. “BUT JUSTICE FOR JORDAN.”

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Biles has won more Olympic medals than any gymnast in U.S. history with 11, seven of them being gold with team events included. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history.

The video was provided to Chiles by the director of Biles’ latest documentary project, “Simone Biles: Rising,” on Netflix. Director Katie Walsh and production company Religion of Sports, which received permission to film Biles and her team during Olympic competition. This footage has now been released to help Chiles in her case for the bronze medal, which was stripped and given to Romania’s Ana Barbosu at the end of the Paris games.

According to court documents filed in the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland Monday, Chiles’ attorney has submitted footage from the company producing Biles’ Netflix series that they allege shows visual evidence in favor of Chiles. They claim the footage proves that the request for the review that bumped Chiles’ score up was not submitted past the deadline, according to multiple reports.

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Barbosu had initially clinched the bronze medal for floor and began celebrating on the mat. But then U.S. coaches appealed to judges over Chiles’ score, and a review resulted in a 0.1-point increase, which moved Chiles ahead of Barbosu for the bronze medal.

The initial ruling resulted in a wave of backlash. Gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci criticized the scoring change on social media, and Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said he would boycott the Paris Olympics’ closing ceremony over the scoring decision.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) later ruled the judging panel at the event had improperly granted an inquiry that increased Chiles’ score. The next day, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) ruled Chiles would have to return the medal. However, multiple reports indicate she hasn’t and won’t return it.

Chiles’ lawyers have argued that the CAS, which made the final ruling, “violated Chiles’s fundamental ‘right to be heard’ by refusing to consider the video evidence that showed her inquiry was submitted on time — in direct contradiction to the findings in CAS’s decision.”

Her lawyers also claimed that CAS President Hamid G. Gharavi had a conflict of interest. Gharavi acted as counsel for Romania for nearly a decade and had been an active representative of the nation at the time of the CAS decision to strip Chiles of her medal.

Chiles gave her first sit-down interview about the incident during a panel at the Forbes Power Women’s Summit 2024 Wednesday. The gymnast noticeably choked up when she was asked about the topic.

“To me, everything that has gone on is not about the medal, it’s about, you know, my skin color,” Chiles said, tearing up.

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Biles only wore the Packers jacket because she was there to support her husband, new Bears safety Jonathan Owens, who played for Green Bay last season. The jacket was a custom design with photos of Owens playing for the Packers. But the hardcore Bears fans didn’t care, and they didn’t relent. The Olympic gymnast was bombarded with posts from angry Bears fans that she wore the gear of their rival in their home stadium while supporting a Bears player.

The angry posts must have worked. On Friday, Biles said she had purchased more Bears gear in the aftermath of the controversy.

“Yes, I have plenty [of Bears gear] now,” she said while leaving the Global Summit on Women’s Mental Health, according to TMZ Sports. “So, don’t you worry, guys!”

Biles initially seemed to double down on the choice of a Packers jacket after the initial backlash. Just days after she was originally seen wearing it, Biles posted a photo on X of her wearing the jacket standing next to Owens with the caption “Bear Down.”

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Owens then shared his wife’s post to his Instagram stories and commented on her post with two hearts, one blue and one orange.

Simone Biles VS Jonathan Owens

Owens signed a two-year deal with the Bears in March after a career season in Green Bay. Owens scored his first career touchdown and started 11 games for the Packers on defense last year, while helping lead the team to the playoffs and making his first postseason appearance. In the playoffs, Owens started both games in a win against the Dallas Cowboys and a close loss to the San Francisco 49ers, making seven tackles.

Owens is on the third team of his career and is looking to help lead a Bears turnaround after the team failed to make the playoffs the last two seasons.

Biles was there to support Owens at several Packers games last year, including the playoffs, and is expected to attend plenty of Bears games this year. Now that she has her Chicago gear, the Bears fans will have plenty of reasons to cheer her on whenever she is shown on the jumbotron at Solider Field.

Biles won three gold medals at the Paris Olympics this summer, becoming the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history. She did it all while being one of the oldest competitors in Olympics gymnastics history at 27. Her gold medals marked the completion of a dramatic comeback story for Biles, after she withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due to a case of the twisties.

“Man, I’m super proud. Just because I see the work that she put in, and I saw what she went through,” Owens told Fox News Digital in July. “And just for her to be able to come back, no fear, continue to dominate the way that she has, man, is just amazing.

“It’s a testament to the person that she is and her confidence and training to the work that she puts in. I can’t wait to keep watching her dreams come true.”

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Usually it’s baseball players who sign autographs at the ballpark, but with Houston native Simone Biles throwing out the first pitch at Friday’s Astros game, first baseman Jon Singleton had different ideas.

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After catching the ceremonial first pitch, which Biles one-hopped to the plate, Singleton approached the Olympic gold medalist with the ball and a pen that miraculously materialized on his way to the mound.

Biles didn’t hesitate to sign before posing with Singleton and Astros mascot, Orbit, for a quick photo. That was quickly followed by another photo op with Astros manager Joe Espada and his daughter Vivian.

And Biles wasn’t the only Olympic medalist on hand. Jordan Chiles was also in Houston amid the ongoing controversy over the bronze medal that she won in the floor exercise, which was later stripped and awarded to Romanian rival Ana Barbosu.

Biles and Chiles were seen laughing and taking selfies with other Houston-area Olympians before taking their seats.

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This is not the first time Biles has tossed a first pitch at Minute Maid Park. But unlike her previous offerings, like at Game 2 of the 2019 World Series, the decorated gymnast opted against doing a flip on the field.

Nonetheless, fans were overjoyed to see Biles in person after winning three more Olympic golds and a silver at the Paris Games. And the fact that Houston pulled out 3-2 win over visiting Kansas City made the evening all the better.

Earlier Friday, Biles urged Olympic fans to catch the ongoing Paralympics.

‘Don’t forget the Paralympics are on! let’s support & watch these incredible athletes,’ Biles wrote with a blue heart emoji. ‘GO USA!!!!’

The Paralympics kicked off on Wednesday with the opening ceremony. It was followed by a busy opening day on Thursday, with the majority of the events starting their early stages.

The games will go on through Sunday, September 8.

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