Jordan Chiles takes quote to bring back Olympic bronze to Swiss Supreme Court
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Arbitration panel will not reevaluate choice on Jordan Chiles’ medal (0:58)
The IOC is asking Jordan Chiles to return her bronze medal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided an appeal that rose her to 3rd. (0:58)
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Associated Press
Sep 16, 2024, 07:08 PM ET
LAUSANNE, Switzerland– American gymnast Jordan Chiles is asking Switzerland’s Supreme Court to reverse a judgment by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that removed Chiles of a bronze medal in flooring workout at the 2024 Olympics.
Chiles, with the assistance of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and USA Gymnastics, submitted the appeal Monday, a little over a month after CAS voided an on-floor appeal by Chiles’ coach Cecile Landi throughout the occasion finals on Aug. 5 that rose Chiles from 5th to 3rd.
CAS, following a hearing asked for by Romanian authorities, ruled Landi’s appeal came 4 seconds beyond the 1-minute time frame for scoring queries and advised the preliminary completing order be brought back. The International Gymnastics Federation complied and the International Olympic Committee wound up granting bronze to Romanian Ana Barbosu on Aug. 16.
Chiles’ appeal keeps that the CAS hearing broke her “ideal to be heard” by declining to permit video proof that Chiles and USA Gymnastics think revealed Landi appealed within the 1-minute time allocation. Chiles’ appeal likewise argues that Hamid G. Gharavi, president of the CAS panel, has a dispute of interest due to previous legal ties to Romania.
U.S.A. Gymnastics composed in a declaration Monday night that it made a “cumulative, tactical choice to have Jordan lead the preliminary filing. USAG is carefully collaborating with Jordan and her legal group and will make helpful filings with the court in the continued pursuit of justice for Jordan.”
The appeal is the next action in what might be a months- or years-long legal fight over the gymnastics ratings.
Chiles was last amongst the 8 ladies to contend throughout the flooring workout finals at first provided a rating of 13.666 that put her 5th, best behind Barbosu and fellow Romanian Sabrina Maneca-Voinea. Landi required a query on Chiles’ rating.
“At this point, we had absolutely nothing to lose, so I resembled, ‘We’re simply going to attempt,'” Landi stated after the awards event. “I truthfully didn’t believe it was going to take place, however when I heard her scream, I reversed and resembled ‘What?'”
Judges granted the appeal, leapfrogging Chiles past Barbosu and Maneca-Voinea for the last area on the podium.
Romanian authorities attracted CAS on a number of fronts while likewise asking a bronze medal be granted to Chiles, Barbosu and Maneca-Voinea. The FIG and the IOC eventually provided the bronze to Barbosu, who beat her colleague on a tiebreaker due to the fact that she produced a greater execution rating throughout her regimen.