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Simone Biles says she wants "justice" for fellow gymnast Jordan Chiles amid the dispute over her bronze medal.
In a recent interview with PEOPLE, Biles said she's been in frequent communication with Chiles after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in favor of the Romanian gymnasts who challenged Chiles' score in the floor final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“We’ve been FaceTiming, texting, just being girls,” Biles told the outlet. “I did talk to her on one of the days, and I was like, ‘You know what, Jordan, you have to feel all these feels. Don’t let these emotions stop you. This will be the healthiest way to get all of this out.’ ”
Biles said she's going to continue to support Chiles amid the dispute but “at the end of the day,” she's “still that girl.”
“We saw what you did,” Biles said of Chiles. “And it’s an unfortunate circumstance because something like this has never happened before and it’s truly a shame, but we wish all three girls could get the medal and unfortunately in gymnastics that’s not the case."
"Do we think they did the correct procedures to come to this ruling? No," Biles continued. "That’s really why we want that justice for Jordan and why we’re going to keep supporting her and uplifting her.”
Biles said she's been trying to uplift Chiles following the 2024 Games.
“I know she’s not on social media, but some of the funny things I’ve seen, I said, ‘Okay, Jordan, can I send you something that I think you would really like right now?’ And so I’ve sent her little things, and it was like one of them was these four or five girls guarding a medal, and I thought that was the cutest. And then I sent her Flavor Flav’s bronze [medal he made for her] and then I sent her LeBron [James]’s tweet.”
“So just things to uplift her and know that she still has that support all-around," Biles added.
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