Jordan Chiles said she would make every effort to get her bronze medal back, and that fight continued Monday.
Chiles’ attorneys filed a formal appeal with the Swiss Federal Tribunal, Switzerland’s Supreme Court, to overturn the ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that stripped Chiles of her bronze in the women’s individual floor exercise at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Successful appeals to the Swiss tribunal are uncommon, but Chiles’ attorneys argue the CAS decision — which prompted the International Olympic Committee to reallocate Chiles’ medal to Romania’s Ana Bărbosu — violated Chiles’ “right to be heard.”
In a news release, Chiles’ attorneys make two arguments for why the decision was “procedurally deficient.” They argue CAS refused to consider video evidence that “showed her inquiry was submitted on time.” They also said the entire CAS proceeding was unfair because Chiles was not properly informed that Hamid Gharavi, the president of the CAS panel that made the decision, had “a serious conflict of interest” because he has served as legal counsel to Romania.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee also filed a letter in support of the appeal. USA Gymnastics said in a statement it will make “supportive filings with the court in…
