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Jordan Chiles’ bronze medal hearing was severely hampered by CAS email snafu

In an Olympic drama to rival any sporting feat during the Paris Games, the saga surrounding the decision to strip Jordan Chiles of her bronze medal and award it to Ana Barbos of Romania took another bizarre turn on Wednesday. An email error at the Court of Arbitration for Sport cost USA Gymnastics valuable time […]

Romanian proposal for Jordan Chiles to split bronze medal has a twist

The controversial saga surrounding U.S. Olympian Jordan Chiles and her bronze medal contest has taken an intriguing new turn. In a sort of tug-of-war, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled earlier this week, after much administrative negotiation between the various sides, that the bronze medal should go to Ana Maria Barbos of Romania, not […]

Jordan Chiles had her medal stripped by a lawyer currently working for Romania

The lead arbitrator on the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel that stripped Jordan Chiles of her bronze medal in the women’s floor exercise final and awarded it to a Romanian gymnast who was appealing the decision has ties to the Romanian government for more than a decade. Dr. Hamid G. Garavi, a lawyer […]

Official who ruled against Jordan Chiles in Olympic dispute has Romanian ties

A major conflict of interest may be surrounding the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to strip gymnast Jordan Chiles of her Olympic bronze medal and award it to Romania’s Ana Barbos. The president of the three-judge tribunal that ruled in Romania’s favour had previously represented the country in arbitration cases. According to documents reported […]

USA Gymnastics working on ‘justice’ for Jordan Chiles in Olympic medal dispute

USA Gymnastics highlighted its fight for justice for American gymnast Jordan Chiles after she was stripped of her bronze medal in the floor exercise final at the Paris Olympics on August 5. “While we continue to celebrate the successes of Team USA Gymnastics on social media, please know that we are committed to pursuing justice […]

Aly Raisman slams Jordan Chiles losing Olympic bronze medal

Aly Raisman is heartbroken for Jordan Chiles. Raisman, who won two gold medals in London in 2012 and another in Rio in 2016, Appearance on NBC’s “Today” show To discuss the controversy that led to Chiles being stripped of his bronze medal. “It’s just so heartbreaking. My heart goes out to Jordan,” Raisman said on […]

Court rejects US appeal in Jordan Chiles bronze medal fight

The International Sport Tribunal on Monday rejected the U.S. team’s appeal against an Olympic decision that stripped U.S. gymnast Jordan Childs of her bronze medal, arguing there was no way to overturn the decision. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Saturday stripped Chile of its bronze medal in the women’s floor exercise final, arguing that […]

Jordan Chiles’ Olympic bronze not returned despite ‘conclusive’ evidence’

Jordan Chiles’ bronze medal may officially be lost forever after the Court of Arbitration for Sport declined to consider overturning its ruling despite new evidence from USA Gymnastics. USA Gymnastics said it had video evidence showing that coach Cecil Lundy’s request for an investigation into Chile’s floor exercise score at the Paris Olympics was made […]