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Jordan Chiles taught me her Olympic floor routine

Even as her medal status remains unresolved, Chiles is spending quality time with fans via Airbnb.

A group workout class with three participants stretching, a female instructor in a striped cropped jacket and skirt, and a DJ at a purple-lit booth reading "Main Character Energy."

Me (in navy blue) stretching before Jordan Chiles teaches us her floor routine. Photo: Jeffrey Tanhueco 

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I learned how to do a gymnastics floor routine from <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Jordan Chiles" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2024/08/12/black-women-shacarri-biles-sophia-smith-paris-olympics" data-vars-content-id="de881555-299a-46ef-94d8-773c5c76fa0e" data-vars-headline="Jordan Chiles taught me her Olympic floor routine" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2024/08/12/black-women-shacarri-biles-sophia-smith-paris-olympics" target="_self">Jordan Chiles</a>.Why it matters: A year after the Paris Olympics, her <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="bronze medal" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2024/09/17/jordan-chiles-us-olympic-gymnast-bronze-appeal-swiss-court" data-vars-content-id="de881555-299a-46ef-94d8-773c5c76fa0e" data-vars-headline="Jordan Chiles taught me her Olympic floor routine" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2024/09/17/jordan-chiles-us-olympic-gymnast-bronze-appeal-swiss-court" target="_self">bronze medal</a> is in <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="limbo" data-vars-click-url="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2025/08/10/jordan-chiles-medal-taken-away-paris-olympics-gymnastics/85542813007/" data-vars-content-id="de881555-299a-46ef-94d8-773c5c76fa0e" data-vars-headline="Jordan Chiles taught me her Olympic floor routine" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2025/08/10/jordan-chiles-medal-taken-away-paris-olympics-gymnastics/85542813007/" target="_blank">limbo</a>, but her status as a sports icon isn&#x27;t.

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Jordan Chiles taught me her Olympic floor routine