Barbosu presented Olympic bronze

Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu received her Olympic bronze medal during a ceremony in the capital Bucharest on Friday that marked the conclusion of a swirl of controversy after the medal was first awarded to U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles but later revoked. “I did not expect the medal to be so heavy, but I would wear it day and night if this is what it takes to have it,” Barbosu said after the ceremony. The medal was reallocated to Barbosu after a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport last week that voided an appeal by Team USA coach Cecile Landi during the Aug. 5 floor exercise final in Paris, which had vaulted Chiles into third place and pushed Barbosu down to fourth. Chiles was initially awarded the bronze following the appeal and participated in the medal ceremony following the competition. That decision caused an uproar in Romania, historically a gymnastics powerhouse, and led its gymnastics federation to request a review of the U.S. team’s appeal procedure. CAS ruled in favor of Barbosu, saying the U.S. had made its appeal four seconds beyond the one-minute deadline.

Harbaugh: No Kaepernick this year

If Colin Kaepernick wants to join the Chargers, it will not be until next year at the earliest. And it will only be as a member of Jim Harbaugh’s coaching staff. “I love Colin, but he’s not going to be on the coaching staff, which is set for this year. And he’s not going to be playing on the roster either,” Harbaugh said after Thursday’s practice. Harbaugh — who coached Kaepernick in San Francisco from 2011 through ’14 — told USA Today Sports earlier this week that he reached out to Kaepernick about joining his staff after being named coach on Jan. 24. Harbaugh said Thursday it wasn’t the first time he has touched base with Kaepernick about coaching, and that he mentioned it a couple times when he was the coach at Michigan. “I have thought that for a long time. Just the respect that I have for the football mind he has and the football man that he is,” said Harbaugh when asked what made him think Kaepernick would make a good coach. “(Late Raiders owner) Al Davis saw something in me that made him think I would be a good coach, and I see those same qualities in Colin. If it is something he chooses.”

USWNT back on top of the rankings

The U.S. women’s soccer team returned to the top of the FIFA world rankings Friday after winning gold last weekend at the Paris Olympics. Mallory Swanson, pictured, and her goal helped secure the team its fifth Olympic gold medal — and the first since the 2012 London Games — and 12th overall by beating Brazil 1-0 in the final Saturday. That lifted the Americans up from fifth and ended a 12-month absence from the top of the standings. England moved up to second. World champion Spain, which dropped following its semifinal exit during the Olympics, dropped to third followed by Germany, Sweden and Canada. Brazil climbed one spot to eighth. The worst slide belonged to France, which dropped from second to 10th. The host nation had a poor performance in the group stage and was then eliminated by Brazil in the quarterfinals. It is the team’s lowest position in nearly five years. This comes after France topped Group A3 of the 2025 Euros qualifiers ahead of England, Sweden and Republic of Ireland, but failed to make it past the quarterfinal of the Olympic tournament. —AP