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The Olympics are commonly positioned as a force of unity and togetherness, sports forging bonds between Olympic competitors and nations. But it can also be a source of controversy, too. And when it comes to Jordan Chiles‘ bronze medal for the United States in the women’s floor routine in gymnastics, Romania and Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu have beef with not only the Americans, but the judges and IOC. It all stems from a minor scoring change made after a U.S. inquiry into the judging which vaulted Chiles onto the podium, displacing Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu and causing this stir. And now C…

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