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Flavor Flav is ensuring that Jordan Chiles isn't left empty-handed after the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The 65-year-old rapper, who garnered attention for his support of Team USA and its water polo team during the Games, unveiled a bronze clock necklace he designed specifically for Jordan Chiles after she was stripped of her bronze medal in the gymnastics floor exercise final on August 5.
In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, August 12, he displayed a video of the bronze clock necklace, which featured bronze rhinestones both inside and outside the clock face, with bronze-colored hands set at the 12:00 mark. The video showed the necklace hanging from a white string as he rotated it left and right in front of an American flag
“USA gonna Fight the Powers that be,,, in the meantime between time,,, Imma always a man of my word @ChilesJordan,” he captioned the video, referencing his hip-hop group Public Enemy’s infamous song “Fight the Power.”
In response to the video, Chiles' mom, Gina Chiles, wrote, "Thank you. Means the world. She's not on socials right now as you can imagine. I'll share it with her."
The musician's reveal of the clock necklace came just a day after he offered to create a custom piece for the 23-year-old Team USA gymnast amid the controversy.
On Monday, August 12, USA Gymnastics announced on social media that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) had denied Chiles' appeal to reinstate her bronze medal. She was stripped of the medal following challenges from Romanian competitors Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea regarding her placement in the floor exercise final.
The American gymnast initially scored 13.666 for her routine, placing her behind the Romanian competitors, who were in 4th and 5th place with scores of 13.700. Chiles' coach, Cecile Landi, appealed the score, arguing that it should have been higher to account for a leap involving a split in the air while turning 540 degrees.
Following the appeal, Chiles was awarded a revised score of 13.766, securing the bronze medal and a spot on the podium alongside her teammate Simone Biles and Brazil's Rebeca Andrade.
However, CAS determined that Landi's challenge of Chiles' initial score was submitted four seconds late, resulting in the stripping of Chiles' bronze medal.
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) attempted to appeal the decision, presenting video evidence to support their claim that Landi's appeal was timely.
Nevertheless, as of August 12, CAS has confirmed that only Barbosu, 18, will receive the bronze medal.
"USA Gymnastics was notified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday that their rules do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence is presented," the statement from USA Gymnastics read following the decision.
"We are deeply disappointed by the notification and will continue to pursue every possible avenue and appeal process, including to the Swiss Federal Tribunal, to ensure the just scoring, placement, and medal award for Jordan," the statement added.
Source: People