Jordan Chiles' sister says RACISM is behind shock decision to strip USA gymnast of her Olympic bronze

Jordan Chiles' sister Jazmin has said racism is behind the decision to strip the USA gymnast of her bronze medal at the Paris Olympics.

In a bombshell ruling on Saturday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said the judging panel in the floor final were wrong to allow an inquiry that increased Chiles' score and moved her up to third from fifth.

In a furious response to the news, Jazmin wrote on her Instagram story: 'Please keep Jordan (and my family) in your prayers. Racism is real, it exists, it is alive and well.

'They have officially, 5 days later, stripped her of one of her medals. Not because she didn't win, not because she was drugged, not because she stepped out of bounds.  Not because she wasn't good enough. 

'But because the judges failed to give her difficulty and forced an inquiry to be made.

'FOUR SECONDS. Her bronze was stripped over 4 seconds of time that would have never needed to happen if the judges did their job.

I love you baby sis. And I got yo back no matter what.'

In a following post, she added: 'Just so y'all aware - in the HISTORY of the Olympics NO ONE has ever been stripped of their medal for this.

'Also - there are only TWO ways you can be stripped of a medal. Cheating or doping. She did neither.' 

Chiles herself posted three heartbroken emojis on her Instagram story and wrote: 'I am taking this time and removing myself from social media for my mental health, thank you.' 

CAS wrote in its decision that the initial finishing order should be restored, with Barbosu third, teammate Sabrina Maneca-Voinea fourth and Chiles fifth. 

The organization added the FIG should determine the final ranking 'in accordance with the above decision,' but left it to FIG to decide who would get the medal behind gold winner Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and silver medalist Simone Biles of the U.S. 

Barbosu and Maneca-Voinea were left outside the medals in Monday´s floor final after finishing with matching scores of 13.700. Barbosu thought she had won bronze over Maneca-Voinea via a tiebreaker - a higher execution score - and began celebrating with a Romanian flag.

Chiles was the last athlete to compete and initially was given a score of 13.666 that put her in fifth place, right behind Maneca-Voinea. Landi called for an inquiry on her score, saying at the time that there was nothing to lose.

After a review, judges boosted Chiles´ total by 0.1. That was enough to leapfrog Barbosu and Maneca-Voinea for the last spot on the podium.

USA Gymnastics said in a statement it is "devastated" by the ruling.

"The inquiry into the Difficulty Value of Jordan Chiles´ floor exercise routine was filed in good faith and, we believed, in accordance with FIG rules to ensure accurate scoring," the organization wrote.