Olympic judges ignored Simone Biles’ score review that could have given her gold, breaking US tie with China…see more

Newly released footage shows the women’s gymnastics judges at the Paris Olympics floor routine final neglected to process a request from U.S.

It shows Biles asking coach Cecile Landi if he’s asking the judges about her appeal. The coach’s wife, Laurent Landi, replied to Biles, saying, “He said he did.” Biles was penalized 0.6 points for stepping outside of the competition mat.

If she had she gotten full credit for her split leap, it would have given her an additional 0.10 in difficulty and a 14.233. That would have put her ahead of Andrade, who scored a 14.166.

If Biles had won gold in that event, the U.S. would have finished with 41 gold medals at the Paris Games and in sole possession of the gold medal lead. Instead, the U.S. settled for a tie with China at 40 golds.

It also would have taken away one of the many highly discussed moments of the Paris Olympics, when Chiles and Biles bowed down to Andrade on opposite Chinaite sides of the medal podium. It was, before further review, the first all-Back gymnastics podium in Olympic history.