The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) stated Sunday it’ll attraction the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) choice to revert Jordan Chiles’ flooring train rating to her unique mark, which might lose her the bronze medal she was awarded on the Paris Olympics.
The CAS dominated that the U.S. missed the deadline that bumped Chiles’ rating 0.1 factors to offer her the bronze medal over Romania’s Ana Barbosu. The Romanian Gymnastics Federation made the preliminary attraction, saying the U.S. missed the deadline by 4 seconds.
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Jordan Chiles through the creative gymnastics ladies’s staff ultimate on the Paris Olympics on July 30, 2024. (Jamie Squire/Getty Pictures)
The Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) decided earlier Sunday that Chiles should give her bronze medal again. However the USOPC believes Chiles “rightfully earned the bronze medal” and that errors have been made by the CAS and the Worldwide Gymnastics Federation (FIG).
“The preliminary error occurred within the scoring by FIG, and the second error was through the CAS attraction course of, the place the USOPC was not given ample time or discover to successfully problem the choice,” the USOPC stated in a press release, by way of USA As we speak.
Ana Barbosu performs her flooring routine through the Paris Olympics on Aug. 5, 2024. (Tim Clayton/Corbis by way of Getty Pictures)
“Because of this, we weren’t correctly represented or afforded the chance to current our case comprehensively. Given these circumstances, we’re dedicated to pursuing an attraction to assist Jordan Chiles obtain the popularity she deserves. We stay devoted to supporting her as an Olympic champion and can proceed to work diligently to resolve this matter swiftly and pretty.”
It’s unclear how a lot of an opportunity the U.S. has in overturning the choice because the CAS normally stands as the ultimate decide for worldwide sporting points.
The CAS stated Saturday that Chiles ought to be moved to fifth within the standings with Barbosu shifting to bronze-medal place and Romanian Sabrina Maneca-Voinea to fourth. The court docket left the choice to FIG to determine who would get the medal.
Jordan Chiles forward of the equipment flooring ultimate on the Paris Olympics 2024 on Aug. 5, 2024. (Naomi Baker/Getty Pictures)
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The FIG stated it was the IOC’s name on whether or not to relocate the medal and the IOC confirmed it could search to have Chiles’ medal withdrawn.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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