Simone Biles says ‘not a big deal’ after video shows scoring inquiry snafu might have cost her gold

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Simone Biles is not worried about potentially missing out on an additional gold medal over another gymnastics scoring inquiry snafu in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics.

Video from a camera crew following Biles at the Paris Games for the Netflix documentary series “Simone Biles: Rising” was given to Jordan Chiles, whose lawyers submitted it Monday to the Swiss Federal Tribunal as part of Chiles’ appeal to keep her bronze medal. The video also showed Biles asking Team USA coach Cecile Landi if an inquiry was submitted over her floor routine score.

Biles asked Landi, “Is he asking?” referring to Landi’s husband and co-coach, Laurent, submitting an inquiry. Landi replied, “He said he did.” Laurent then spoke to Landi in French before Landi turned to Biles and said, “They didn’t send it.”

Landi then asked her husband, “What about Jordan? You want to try?”

Biles finished 0.033 points behind Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade to win a silver medal in the women’s individual floor final. If the inquiry was successful, Biles would have earned enough points to be awarded the gold.

“(H)onestly not a big deal for me,” Biles tweeted in response to the video. “Rebecca had a better floor anyways. upsetting how it wasn’t processed but I’m not mad at the results…

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