Jordan Chiles’ latest bronze medal appeal includes new audio evidence questioning CAS decision

On Tuesday, the saga of Chiles’ loss of her Olympic individual floor exercise bronze medal continued, with the gymnast filing an appeal with the Swiss Supreme Court. The new appeal included audiovisual evidence challenging the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) ruling that Chiles’ coach, Cecile Landi, failed to submit a request for information within the deadline.

The main controversy with the CAS decision has been the timing of Landi’s submission of her investigation, which awarded an additional 0.1 points to Chiles’ difficulty score as a result of a vault element that the judges missed. As the last gymnast on the floor exercise, Chiles and her coach had one minute after her score was posted to submit an investigation.

An analysis of the Washington Post The statement released Thursday confirmed that Landi requested an appeal in time, but that the official did not register the query until 15 seconds after Landi’s first request and seven seconds after the second.

Landi can be heard saying “Consultation for Jordan” several times within the one-minute time limit, starting 46 seconds after Chiles’ score was posted. A referee did not register the consultation until one minute and four seconds after Chiles’ score was officially recorded, and one minute and one second after his score was posted on the board.

Those few seconds were the basis for the initial CAS ruling that stripped Chiles of his medal, as well as the court’s decision to reaffirm its position.

The video, which includes audio of Landi’s questions, was filmed as part of her U.S. teammate Simone Biles’ documentary, “Simone Biles Rising.” Landi, who is also Biles’ coach, wore a microphone for the documentary and can be heard saying “Research for Jordan” twice before the one-minute deadline was up.

Notably, the footage also reveals that Landi had attempted to file a request for information for Biles, who finished second behind Rebeca Andrade. Chiles, Biles and Andrade made history by finishing on the first all-black podium.

On social media, Biles said she was frustrated that the appeal was not processed correctly but didn’t care about finishing second.

“It wasn’t a big deal for me, actually, Rebecca had a better floor anyway,” Biles said. Responding to a comment about X regarding her poorly handled appeal. “It’s upsetting that it wasn’t processed, but I’m not angry about the results.”

While Biles felt good about how things turned out for her, she felt differently about Chiles: “JUSTICE FOR JORDAN,” she wrote.

Romanian Ana Bǎrbosu, who was originally in third place before Chiles’ new score knocked her off the podium, received her bronze medal in Romania in August. It is unclear whether Chiles is still in possession of her bronze medal.

On August 15, Chiles released her first statement since the CAS ruling, calling the ruling “devastating” and “unjust” and noting that she had been subjected to “unsolicited racial attacks” online.

Chiles also spoke about losing the medal at the Forbes Power Women’s Summit last week, saying it “felt like everything had been taken away from her.”

For now, however, Chiles and his team show no signs of giving up on their quest to reclaim the medal.