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The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) stated Sunday it should attraction the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) choice to revert Jordan Chiles’ ground 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 in the course of the creative gymnastics girls’s workforce remaining on the Paris Olympics on July 30, 2024. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided earlier Sunday that Chiles should give her bronze medal again. But the USOPC believes Chiles “rightfully earned the bronze medal” and that errors have been made by the CAS and the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG).
“The initial error occurred in the scoring by FIG, and the second error was during the CAS appeal process, where the USOPC was not given adequate time or notice to effectively challenge the decision,” the USOPC stated in an announcement, through USA Today.
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Ana Barbosu performs her ground routine in the course of the Paris Olympics on Aug. 5, 2024. (Tim Clayton/Corbis through Getty Images)
“As a result, we were not properly represented or afforded the opportunity to present our case comprehensively. Given these circumstances, we are committed to pursuing an appeal to help Jordan Chiles receive the recognition she deserves. We remain dedicated to supporting her as an Olympic champion and will continue to work diligently to resolve this matter swiftly and fairly.”
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 must be moved to fifth within the standings with Barbosu shifting to bronze-medal place and Romanian Sabrina Maneca-Voinea to fourth. The courtroom left the choice to FIG to resolve who would get the medal.
Jordan Chiles forward of the equipment ground remaining on the Paris Olympics 2024 on Aug. 5, 2024. (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
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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 Associated Press contributed to this report.
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