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Jordan Chiles may have finished the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, but her pursuit of a medal is far from over.
The American gymnast's lawyers filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland on September 16 in an attempt to overturn a recent ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that had disqualified her from winning the bronze medal in the women's floor event competition.
The CAS ruled that Ana Barbosu of Romania placed third, behind Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and Simone Biles of the USA. Chiles, who placed fifth, and her coach were accused by the organization of having neglected to timely submit an inquiry to contest her initial score of 3.666.
This appeal is about much more than the bronze medal, the Olympian's legal team, Gibson Dunn, stated in a press release. Chiles is pursuing her case to encourage the entire Olympic community to take steps to ensure that future Olympians do not face a similar ordeal.
The press release continued, Chiles believes in competing fairly and with integrity and holding these organizations to the standards and rules that were established to ensure fairness.
CAS violated Chiles fundamental right to be heaChile's refusing to consider the video evidence that showed her inquiry was submitted on time, according to the 23-year-old's attorneys.
Moreover, they allege that Hamid G. Gharavi, the head of the CAS panel that invalidated ChilChile sal, had a serious conflict of interest due to his involvement in the dinision.
Chiles' lawyers claimed in the press release that Mr. Gharavi has acted as counsel for Romania for almost a decade and was actively represenChile'smania at the time of the CAS arbitration. Given these undeniable deficiencies, Chiles asks the Federal Supreme Court to reinstate the score that she rightfully earned at the floor event final.
