Jordan Chiles, the American gymnast whose bronze medal at last month’s Paris Olympics was stripped away over a technicality, filed an appeal in Switzerland’s Supreme Court on Monday in her ongoing effort to reclaim her third-place finish.
After she initially was awarded bronze in the women’s floor final, Chiles’s medal was revoked when the Court of Arbitration for Sport, a Switzerland-based global body that settles sports disputes, ruled an inquiry into Chiles’s score during the event — which increased her mark by one-tenth and moved her into third place — was not made before the one-minute deadline.
The results of the competition were retroactively modified, and the International Olympic Committee awarded Romania’s Ana Barbosu the bronze medal.
The filing also identified the evidence that appears to show the decisive inquiry was initiated before the deadline: The documentary crew that followed teammate Simone Biles at the Olympics captured audio of Chiles’s coach, Cecile Landi, telling an official she wanted to submit an inquiry on behalf of Chiles.
The filing includes a video in which Landi says, “Inquiry for Jordan!” within one minute of Chiles’s score posting. Landi is not in view of the camera, so it’s unclear how close she was to the official, but she can be heard requesting an inquiry twice……..
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