USA Gymnastics: Arbitration panel will not reconsider ruling in Jordan Chiles medal inquiry

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will not reconsider its decision requesting gymnast Jordan Chiles to return her Paris 2024 bronze medal, according to USA Gymnastics.

USA Gymnastics also stated that it will continue efforts so that Chiles can keep her bronze medal.

“USA Gymnastics was notified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday [13 August] that their rules do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence is presented, " the federation declared in a statement.

“We are deeply disappointed by the notification and will continue to pursue every possible avenue and appeal process, including to the Swiss Federal Tribunal, to ensure the just scoring, placement, and medal award for Jordan.”

Chiles initially won bronze in the artistic gymnastics floor exercise on 5 August, recording a score of 13.766 after coach Cecile Landi successfully lodged an appeal of a 0.1 difficulty score increase to lift her up from fifth to third.

However, the on-floor appeal by Landi was ruled invalid by CAS, who stated that the coach’s appeal came four seconds after the time limit of 60 seconds for scoring inquiries.

This reverted Chiles’ score to 13.666 and dropped her back to fifth, with the bronze medal awarded to Ana Barbosu of Romania.

USA Gymnastics formally submitted a letter and video evidence to CAS contesting its ruling, and requested that the CAS decision be revised and Chiles’ bronze-medal score of 13.766 reinstated.

According to USA Gymnastics, the time-stamped, video evidence submitted to CAS shows Landi first requested to file an inquiry 47 seconds after the score is posted, followed by a second statement 55 seconds after the score was originally posted.