Since it was judges error...multiple times..., they really should just share the medal between the three.
And speaking of sharing medals, the American jumper who refused to share gold with the New Zealander and then lost in the jump off must be kicking himself.
I'd like to see them just admit it was a clusterf@%k and give it to Voinea, the gymnast with the
clear best performance of the three. I say "clear best" not just based on the inexpert opinion of everyone I've talked to who saw it, but on that of the announcers, U.S. gymnasts who
are experts.
This is different from a missed call during a game where the act of making (or missing) a call impacts what happens afterwards and therefore makes it impossible to determine what
would have happened had the correct call been made. The routines were the routines, weren't impacted by the judges, and will never change, period. Admit that the
administrative aspect of the judging was a clusterf@%k and correct just
that part, not the evaluative scoring. Add back Voinea's tenth that shouldn't have been deducted and correct Chiles start value to what it should have been. Voinea finishes third, Chiles fourth, and Barbosu fifth (sorry, but you
did have the fifth best routine). I'd try to figure out some sop to throw Chiles and Barbosu as an apology for putting them through the anguish they must have felt during the process, but a duplicate bronze ain't it.
edit: and yeah, I'm aware that could be a dangerous precedent, but announce it as a one time deal based on extraordinary circumstances, not one that would be used as a precedent going forward.