Simone Biles Wants 'Justice' for Jordan Chiles Amid Olympic Medal Controversy

Simone Biles is joining the fight to restore Jordan Chiles' bronze medal.

"We saw what you did," Biles told Anna Lazarus Caplan and Janine Rubenstein of PEOPLE regarding Chiles' performance. "And it's an unfortunate circumstance because something like this has never happened before and it's truly a shame, but we wish all three girls could get the medal and unfortunately in gymnastics that's not the case."

"Do we think they did the correct procedures to come to this ruling? No," she added. "That's really why we want that justice for Jordan and why we're going to keep supporting her and uplifting her."

Chiles was originally scored in fifth place in the individual floor exercise, but USA Gymnastics coach Cecile Landi filed an inquiry with the judges based on Chiles' difficulty score. The judges then revised the score by 0.1 points, bumping her score to 13.766, which was enough to catapult Chiles into the bronze medal over Romanian gymnasts Ana Bǎrbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, who were tied at 13.700.

The Romanian Gymnastics Federation, Bǎrbosu and Maneca-Voinea each challenged that ruling with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, arguing that Landi didn't file her inquiry within the required time. Such an inquiry must be filed within a minute of the score being shown. They argued the inquiry was made four seconds past the deadline.

The CAS upheld the Romanians' challenge and awarded the bronze medal to Bǎrbosu.

"I have no words. This decision feels unjust and comes as a significant blow, not just to me, but to everyone who has championed my journey," Chiles wrote in a statement on Instagram at the time. "To add to the heartbreak, the unprompted racially driven attacks on social media are wrong and extremely hurtful. I've poured my heart and soul into this sport and I am so proud to represent my culture and my country."

USA Gymnastics had its appeal denied by the CAS and has said it would continue to explore overturning the ruling with the Swiss Federal Tribunal. It sounds as though Biles will do everything in her power to aid in that fight.