Gymnast Jordan Chiles granted appeal in Olympic bronze medal ruling; Swiss court to rehear case
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American gymnast Jordan Chiles has been granted an appeal in her efforts to reclaim the bronze medal on floor exercise that was stripped from her at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In:
American gymnast Jordan Chiles has been granted an appeal in her efforts to reclaim the bronze medal on floor exercise that was stripped from her at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Switzerland's supreme court said on Thursday its judges sent the "highly exceptional circumstances" of the bronze medal awarded in the women's floor exercise back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to examine new evidence.
The outcome of an event that created a celebrated Olympic photo featuring Chiles, floor exercise silver medalist Simone Biles and gold medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil — all women of color — rests on just a handful of seconds: Can the U.S. team prove it made a timely appeal in the Olympic arena on behalf of Chiles?
The ruling from Switzerland's federal judges — highly unusual in cases of this nature — suggested Chiles could regain the bronze medal she originally got in Paris after challenging her judged score.
Chiles' third-place finish was overturned within days on appeal by the Romanian team to the CAS' Olympic court in Paris. The medal was awarded in Bucharest the next week to Ana Maria Barbosu.
