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Jordan Chiles breaks silence on Olympic bronze medal controversy

US gymnast Jordan Childs says she is overwhelmed by the “love” and support she has received following the controversial furore over the bronze medal she won at the Paris Olympics earlier this month. The 23-year-old gymnast said she will “do everything in our power to ensure that justice is done” in a statement shared on […]

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 […]