Gymnast Jordan Chiles has scored a giant win in her quest to regain her stripped bronze medal from the 2024 Paris Olympics.
On Thursday, the Federal Supreme Court docket of Switzerland introduced that they had granted a part of Chiles’ attraction and was sending her case again to the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for reconsideration.
“In the highly exceptional circumstances of the case in question, it considers that there is a likelihood for the audio-visual recording of the final on 5 August 2024 to lead to a modification of the contested award in favor of the applicants,” the court docket stated in an announcement.
“The CAS could consider, in the light of this audio-visual sequence, that the verbal inquiry made on behalf of Jordan Chiles had been made before the expiry of the regulatory one-minute time limit,” they wrote.
With a rating of 13.666, Chiles initially got here in fifth place within the ladies’s flooring train closing, however was bumped as much as third after her coach submitted an attraction with the judges, which is commonplace in gymnastics.
After reviewing her routine, the judges agreed her issue score had been too low, and elevated Chiles’ rating to 13.766, which positioned her on the rostrum for the bronze.
Nevertheless, controversy arose when Crew Romania, whose gymnast Ana Bărbosu would have in any other case positioned third, efficiently argued that the inquiry into Chiles’ rating was submitted 4 seconds previous the one-minute deadline.
The CAS in the end voided Crew USA’s attraction and reversed Chile’s rating, awarding Bărbosu the bronze as a substitute.
Days after she was ordered to return her medal, Chiles issued an announcement on social media, calling the choice “unjust” and a “significant blow not just to me but to everyone who has championed my journey.”
She then expressed her gratitude for the help she obtained from each USA Gymnastics and her followers, vowing to proceed her battle to defend her medal.
“I will approach this challenge as I have others — and I will make every effort to ensure that justice is done,” she stated.
“We are delighted that the Swiss Federal Supreme Court has righted a wrong and given Jordan the chance she deserves to reclaim her bronze medal,” Suh stated on Thursday. “Because the Court docket acknowledged, there may be ‘conclusive’ video proof that Jordan was the rightful winner of the bronze medal.
