Jordan Chiles Appeals to Swiss Court Over Olympic Bronze

Published on September 17, 2024

Lawyers representing American gymnast Jordan Chiles have launched an appeal with Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court to overturn a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling that stripped her of an Olympic bronze medal. Chiles was stripped of her medal on Aug. 11 after the CAS ruled that an inquiry lodged by coach Cecile Landi, which increased Chiles’s final score, was submitted too late to be considered. As a result, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the bronze to Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu instead. According to a Sept. 16 press release from Gibson Dunn, the law firm representing Chiles, the appeal is based on two key reasons: CAS violating Chiles’s “right to be heard” by refusing to consider video evidence, and a conflict of interest....

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