Team USA gymnast Jordan Chile She didn't let the withdrawal of her Olympic bronze medal stop them from showing off her team's gold on Tuesday.
On New Year's Eve to celebrate the medals the United States won in Paris Olympics This year, the team included a photo of Chile holding the gold medal she and her American teammates won in the women's team event. Chiles was the only gymnast included in the group.
Chiles reposted the photo to her personal Instagram Story later on Tuesday.
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Jordan Chiles of the United States congratulates teammate Simone Biles (L) of the United States after dramatically taking the bronze medal after changing the score after the women's floor final during the artistic gymnastics competition at Bercy Arena during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics on August 5, 2024 in Paris , France. (Mehmet Murat Önel/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The 23-year-old gymnast is currently involved in an appeal against the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision that dropped her from third place in the event to fifth place in the women's floor exercise final.
Romania's Ana Barbuso initially received a higher score than Chiles after the American finished her routine. Then, at the request of the American coach, the referees reviewed the footage, changed the score and elevated Chiles to third place, sparking initial controversy and a backlash from the Romanians.
The decision to award the medal to Chile instead resulted in the first all-black podium appearance in Olympic gymnastics history, where she joined teammate Simone Biles and Brazil's Rebecca Andrade.
But then, on the final day of the Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that Chile's appeal had been filed one minute after the deadline, and changed the result to put them back in fifth place. The next day, on August 11, the International Olympic Committee decided that Chile should return the medal.
However, after the Olympics ended in August, USA Today reported that Chile and the rest of the U.S. Olympic team had “No intention“By returning the medal, they continue to appeal the IOC’s decision.
Chiles' lawyers argued that her coach had indeed submitted the request in a timely manner and that there was video evidence to prove this. They also pointed out that the official who made the decision to strip Chiles of a medal had ties to Romania.
Chiles' lawyers said in a statement: “Chiles asks the Supreme Court to find that the CAS decision was procedurally deficient for two reasons.” To Olympics.com.
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Team USA From left to right, Jordan Chiles, Haisley Rivera, Jade Curry, Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee pose for photos after competing in the women's artistic gymnastics qualifying round at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Abby Barr)
“First, CAS violated Chiles’s “fundamental right to be heard” by refusing to consider video evidence that showed its investigation had been submitted on time – a direct contradiction of the findings of the CAS decision.
“Secondly, the entire CAS proceedings were unfair because Chiles was not properly informed that Hamed Graf, the head of the CAS panel that annulled Chile’s bronze medal and awarded it instead to a Romanian gymnast, had a serious conflict of interest: Mr Graf. Garafi has served as counsel to Romania for nearly a decade and was actively representing Romania at the time of the arbitration conducted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.”
Chiles also filed an appeal with the Swiss Federal Supreme Court to overturn the CAS decision. She said she was not given a fair opportunity to defend herself and that CAS did not properly consider the video evidence.
Chiles and her teammates have spoken openly about the emotional impact that losing a medal had on her in the months following the end of the Olympics.
Chiles gave her first interview about the incident this week during a panel discussion on Forbes Power Summit for Women 2024 in September. The gymnast choked up and cried when asked about the topic.
“For me, everything that happened is not about the medal, it's about the color of my skin,” Chiles said.
Chili's previously claimed she was facing “racially motivated attacks” from social media users in a statement posted to X on August 15. When Chiles won the bronze medal, it resulted in the first gymnastics podium in Olympic history to feature three black competitors.
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Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles of Team USA pose with their Paris 2024 Olympic medals after the women's artistic gymnastics floor exercise final on day 10 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on August 05, 2024 in Paris, France. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
“It's about the fact that there were things that led to this situation as an athlete and I felt like everything was stripped away.”
The controversy has led to international scrutiny of the referees who scored the event. The Center for Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) issued a joint statement on August 15 condemning the Federation Internationale de Gymnastics (FIG) and the judging staff over the outcome.
“If FIFA had put in place such a mechanism or arrangement, a great deal of heartache could have been avoided,” the ad hoc committee of the Court of Arbitration for Sport said in a statement. “The Committee expresses its hope that FIFA will draw out the consequences of this case, both in relation to these three exceptional athletes and also for other athletes and individuals supporting them, in the future, so that this never happens again.”
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