Bobbing for Medals: 2024 Bonus Edition

Yes, it's true.  The Olympics may be over, but the stories aren't.  There's more!  So, for all of those with OWS -- Olympic Withdrawal Syndrome -- (me) we have a way to help ease out of the condition.

You will recall the story I first wrote about on rumors of a challenge by Romania that U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles got a Bronze medal inappropriately because U.S. coaches were four seconds late in making their protest that got Chiles the added necessary points which moved her up from fifth place.  And then later, after the challenge was made, it got approved by the sport's governing body, and the Romanian gymnast was moved back up to Bronze, with Chiles getting dropped out of the medals.

Well, it turns out that new video has surfaced, which was previously unavailable to the U.S. coaches.  And the new-discovered video apparently shows that the U.S. protest was well-within the 1-minute requirement.  In fact, it shows that the U.S. protest was made at 44 seconds, and a second protest was filed at 51 seconds. So, it appears there there two protests made in the required time.

At the moment, the story has no more than that, only noting that because of confidentiality rules the U.S. couldn’t say where the new video is from.  So, it remains to be seen how the governing board will act.