In a heartwarming gesture of support and appreciation, rapper Flavor Flav recently unveiled a bronze clock that he made for gymnast Jordan Chiles. This touching gesture comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding Chiles being stripped of her Olympic medal due to technicalities.
Flavor Flav has long been a fan of Chiles and her impressive skills on the gymnastics floor. When news broke that Chiles had been stripped of her medal, Flavor Flav knew he had to do something to show his support for the talented athlete.
In a post shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Monday, Aug. 12, he showed a video of the item, which featured several bronze rhinestones both inside and outside the clock and a bronze-colored hands set at the 12:00 mark. In the video, it hung off a white string as he turned it left and right to show it off in front of an American flag.
“USA gonna Fight the Powers that be,,, in the meantime between time,,, Imma always a man of my word @ChilesJordan,” he captioned the video, referencing his hip-hop group Public Enemy’s infamous song “Fight the Power.”
In response to the video, Chiles’ mom, Gina Chiles, wrote, “Thank you. Means the world. She’s not on socials right now as you can imagine. I’ll share it with her.”
The musician’s unveiling of the clock necklace came a day after he offered to make a custom piece for the Team USA star, 23, amid the controversy.
On Monday Aug. 12, USA Gymnastics announced in a statement on social media that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) had denied Chiles appeal to reinstate the bronze medal and she had been stripped of the silverware after Romanian competitors Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea challenged her placement in the floor exercise final.
The American gymnast initially scored a 13.666 on her routine, putting her behind the Romanians, who were in 4th and 5th place with a score of 13.700. Chiles’ coach Cecile Landi appealed the score, arguing that her difficulty should have been higher to include credit for a leap that involved performing a split in the air while turning 540 degrees.
Chiles was then awarded a score of 13.766, landing her with the bronze medal and a spot on the podium alongside her teammate Simone Biles and Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade.
In a world where athletes are often judged by their victories and defeats, the story of Flavor Flav and Jordan Chiles reminds us that true champions are defined not by their medals, but by their character, courage, and the support they receive from those who believe in them.
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