{"id":305472,"date":"2024-08-14T02:57:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T07:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/dominique-dawes-calls-jordan-chiles-medal-drama-unfortunate-but-predicts-big-comeback"},"modified":"2024-08-14T02:57:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T07:57:35","slug":"dominique-dawes-calls-jordan-chiles-medal-drama-unfortunate-but-predicts-big-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/dominique-dawes-calls-jordan-chiles-medal-drama-unfortunate-but-predicts-big-comeback","title":{"rendered":"Dominique Dawes Calls Jordan Chiles Medal Drama &#039;Unlucky,&#039; However Predicts Huge Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"49.9511278195\">\n<section id=\"cb-19c8b695ae5c0e8c2a746ca91c9def74\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-6b7706ae-654e-4779-9b02-0817f9582711-88380359-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-6b7706ae-654e-4779-9b02-0817f9582711-88380359-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f8\/16by9\/2024\/08\/13\/f8a8a58dd0f144bd9e6a2fe7aa238000_md.jpg\" alt=\"081324-dominique-dawes-kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-19c8b695ae5c0e8c2a746ca91c9def74--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e90b549adc352dd88e2bc24bff25cac6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"25.7894736842\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dominique-dawes\/\"><strong>Dominique Dawes<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>says the drama surrounding <strong>Jordan Chiles<\/strong>&#8216; bronze medal is &#8220;unfortunate&#8221; &#8230; but she<strong> <\/strong>tells <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> she&#8217;s sure the saga will show off the gymnast&#8217;s true championship mettle.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e90b549adc352dd88e2bc24bff25cac6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9a9a42edffcbf26a8efe254c41b3c1c2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>The Olympic legend, of course, knows a thing or two about what Chiles is experiencing &#8230; as she was once part of a similar ordeal a couple decades ago.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9a9a42edffcbf26a8efe254c41b3c1c2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8d5881ac29e21525bc99c2e7af732a9a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240813_dabbe658533e4faaaabe301c861918e2\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1a219d04-8800-4050-9534-b615cafafd29\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/da\/4by3\/2024\/08\/13\/dabbe658533e4faaaabe301c861918e2_md.jpg\" alt=\"Dominique Dawes sub getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8d5881ac29e21525bc99c2e7af732a9a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9f4d8527410581fc51312f5a0e64f69d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>You might recall &#8230; at the 2000 Games in Sydney, she and USA gymnastics placed fourth in the team competition &#8212; but some 10 years later, the Americans were named rightful winners of the bronze medal after officials declared Team China had an underage competitor.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9f4d8527410581fc51312f5a0e64f69d--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4bbedfffcdd00e9ebf586b07b955109c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Dawes clearly learned a lot about herself and her teammates in that situation &#8230; and she told us on Tuesday she believes Chiles will come out of this just fine too.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4bbedfffcdd00e9ebf586b07b955109c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6288ca929af3f1499ac1c2babf812e43\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240810_766dbd3d520841bcac0d0cfcc7937d58\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1a219d04-8800-4050-9534-b615cafafd29\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/76\/4by3\/2024\/08\/10\/766dbd3d520841bcac0d0cfcc7937d58_md.jpg\" alt=\"jordan chiles floor routine\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6288ca929af3f1499ac1c2babf812e43--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-584d9e446e4aaefad424ecbcdf797e96\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>&#8220;This will test her character,&#8221; Dawes admitted. &#8220;But, it will show us all the champion that she truly is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-584d9e446e4aaefad424ecbcdf797e96--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a37d16bc9626f3991e1982d5835e6299\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.5\">\n<p>Dominique says she has not spoken to Jordan about it all &#8212; and she doesn&#8217;t have any plans to at the moment &#8212; but she explained that while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/08\/11\/jordan-chiles-olympics-bronze-medal-stripped-gymnastics-ana-barbosu\/\"><strong>the situation<\/strong><\/a> is an emotional rollercoaster, she should still feel good about having an iconic podium moment regardless.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a37d16bc9626f3991e1982d5835e6299--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ab040a3c6d80bacf20644be587f13a50\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ab040a3c6d80bacf20644be587f13a50--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cac3a19f8fa4858e4627aa89fc9d28b4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>&#8220;A lot of athletes that are awarded Olympic medals down the road because of a violation or a certain rule that was broken, they didn&#8217;t have that Olympic medal ceremony experience,&#8221; Dawes said. &#8220;She got that experience, and not only did she get the experience, it was an iconic image that was taken from it. It was an all-Black female podium shot that has never occurred before, and may not occur again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cac3a19f8fa4858e4627aa89fc9d28b4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a0335c3ce4493666ae7dd5e57a2767c3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Chiles still has a chance to regain her medal &#8212; USA officials are still working the appeals process to try to get the ruling changed &#8212; but either way, Dawes made it apparent she&#8217;s super proud of the 23-year-old, with or without bronze around her neck.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a0335c3ce4493666ae7dd5e57a2767c3--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/08\/14\/dominique-dawes-jordan-chiles-olympic-medal\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video content TMZSports.com Dominique Dawes says the drama surrounding Jordan Chiles&#8216; bronze medal is &#8220;unfortunate&#8221; &#8230; but she tells TMZ Sports she&#8217;s sure the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}