floor exercise
noun
: an event in gymnastics competition consisting of various ballet and tumbling movements (such as jumps, somersaults, and handstands) performed without apparatus
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Chiles, whose bronze medal in the women’s floor exercise final was revoked in August following a scoring appeal by Romanian officials, appeared alongside Flav to introduce the award but was instead surprised with one of her own.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 12 Sep. 2024
The explanation of the ruling also detailed other serious issues with the administration of the floor exercise, which ended with Rebeca Andrade of Brazil winning gold and Simone Biles of the United States winning silver.
—Lauren Merola, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
The bronze medal in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics was mistakenly denied her because judges calculated her score wrong, then awarded to her, then taken away and given to Romanian Ana Barbosu because CAS ruled the U.S. appeal was filed four seconds late.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
Chiles was stripped of her first individual Olympic medal after the Romanian gymnastics team challenged the decision to revise her final score in the floor exercise to CAS.
—Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 12 Sep. 2024
The explanation of the ruling also detailed other serious issues with the administration of the floor exercise, which ended with Rebeca Andrade of Brazil winning gold and Simone Biles of the United States winning silver.
—Lauren Merola, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
The bronze medal in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics was mistakenly denied her because judges calculated her score wrong, then awarded to her, then taken away and given to Romanian Ana Barbosu because CAS ruled the U.S. appeal was filed four seconds late.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
Chiles was stripped of her first individual Olympic medal after the Romanian gymnastics team challenged the decision to revise her final score in the floor exercise to CAS.
—Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Floor exercise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floor%20exercise. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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