American gymnast Jordan Chiles must return the bronze medal she won in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics after the sport’s highest court found her score was incorrect, the International Olympic Committee confirmed on Sunday.

The IOC announced early Sunday that it would reassign the bronze medal from Monday’s women’s floor final to Romania’s Ana Barbosu, after the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) said on Saturday evening that it would respect the court’s decision and promote Barbosu to third place.

The decision came less than 24 hours after the Court of Arbitration for Sport invalidated an appeal against the scoring by US coach Cecile Landi during the competition that catapulted Chiles to the podium.

CAS ruled on Saturday that Landis’ appeal on floor to increase Chiles’ score by 0.1 point occurred outside the 1-minute window granted by the FIG. The ad hoc committee wrote that Landis’ appeal occurred 1 minute and 4 seconds after the score was announced.

The IOC said in a statement that it was in contact with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee regarding the return of Chile’s bronze medal and would work with the Romanian Olympic Committee to discuss a re-awarding ceremony in Barbosa’s honor.

The CAS wrote on Saturday that the original order should be restored, with Barbosu third, Romania’s Sabrina Maneca-Voinea fourth and Chiles fifth. The organization added that the FIG should determine the final ranking “in accordance with the above decision,” but left it to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to decide who would receive the medal behind gold medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and silver medalist Simone Biles of the United States.

Simone Biles lost the women’s floor exercise final on Monday, taking silver behind Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade. Jordan Chiles of the US team took bronze.

The FIG said it was up to the IOC to decide whether the medal would be re-awarded. The IOC confirmed on Sunday that it would respect the FIG’s decision and work to return the medal to Chile.

The rapid turn of events adds another dimension to the difficult days for all three athletes.

Romanian gymnastics legend and 1976 Olympic gold medalist Nadia Comaneci feared for Barbosu’s mental health due to the heartbreaking crash that dropped her from bronze medalist to fourth place.

“I can’t believe we are playing with athletes’ mental health and emotions like this… let’s protect them,” Comaneci posted on X earlier this week.

Comaneci simultaneously criticized the judges for their assessment of Maneca-Voinea’s routine – the gymnast was deducted 0.1 points for stepping outside the limits, but viral replays showed that she stayed just within the limits. Comaneci asked the Romanian Olympic Committee to protest, which it did, but the CAS rejected the appeal.

Chiles hinted at the decision in an Instagram story on Saturday, saying she was heartbroken and would “take this time and step away from social media for mental health reasons, thank you.”

Jazmin Chiles, Jordan’s sister, said on Instagram that Chiles was not stripped of a medal “because she wasn’t good enough. But because the judges didn’t make it difficult for her and forced an investigation.”

His U.S. teammates supported Chiles, a two-time Olympian.

“Sending you so much love, Jordan,” American star Simone Biles posted on Instagram. “Cheer up, ‘Olympic champion,’ we love you.”

“All this talk about the athlete, what about the judges?” added six-time Olympic medalist Sunisa Lee on Instagram. “Totally unacceptable, this is horrific and I am devastated for Jordan.”

USA Gymnastics said in a statement on Saturday that it was “devastated” by the verdict.

“The request regarding the difficulty level of Jordan Chiles’ floor exercise routine was submitted in good faith and, in our opinion, complies with FIG rules to ensure accurate scoring,” the organization wrote.

Barbosu and Maneca-Voinea failed to win medals in the floor exercise final after being tied on a score of 13.700. Barbosu thought she had won bronze by a tiebreaker – a higher execution score – over Maneca-Voinea and began celebrating with a Romanian flag.

Chiles was the last athlete to compete. She initially received a score of 13.666, which put her in fifth place just behind Maneca-Voinea. Landi called for an investigation into Chiles’ score.

“At that point, we had nothing left to lose, so I thought, ‘Let’s just try it,'” Landi said after the awards ceremony. “I honestly didn’t think it was going to happen, but when I heard her scream, I turned around and thought, ‘What?'”

The judges upheld the appeal and gave Chiles preference over Barbosu and Maneca-Voinea.

After returning to Romania, Barbosu stressed that she had no problem with Chiles.

“I just want everyone to be fair. We don’t want to start bullying other athletes of any nationality,” Barbosu told reporters. “We as athletes don’t deserve this. We just want to perform at our best and be rewarded according to our performance. The problem lies with the judges, with their calculations and decisions.”

Chiles’ mother, Gina Chiles, challenged the critics in a post, writing that she was “fed up” with the derogatory comments being made about Jordan.

“My daughter is a highly decorated Olympian with the biggest heart and an unmatched level of sportsmanship,” posted Gina Chiles. “And she is being called disgusting names.”

Jordan Chiles learned she had won the first individual Olympic medal of her career, a bronze on floor exercise, after her final score was revised upward at the last second following a query to the judges.

The uncertainty also overshadowed the beautiful moment on the podium when Chiles and Biles knelt to honor Andrade after the Brazilian star won her fourth medal in Paris.

“It was just the right thing to do,” Biles said of a moment that quickly went viral and even had the Louvre itself suggesting it deserved a place somewhere near the Mona Lisa.

This memory now carries a complicated and emotional postscript.