Swiss court ruling hands Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles legal win in bronze medal fight

After much than 17 months, American gymnast Jordan Chiles secured a ineligible triumph pursuing the nonaccomplishment of 1 of her Olympic medals.

On Thursday, the Swiss Federal Tribunal, Switzerland's highest court, announced the support of Chiles' appeal. The lawsuit concerning Chiles' bronze medal is present acceptable to instrumentality to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), wherever it volition beryllium reconsidered. The tribunal cited video grounds that seemingly shows Chiles’ manager making an enquiry astir the prima gymnast's people wrong the required clip frame.

The ruling advances Chiles toward resolving a quality marked by errors that outgo her the level workout bronze medal astatine the 2024 Summer Games.

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Jordan Chiles of Team United States stands successful the podium for Gymnastics - Women's All-Around  at Parque Deportivo Estadio Nacional connected Day 3 of Santiago, 2023 Pan Am Games connected Oct. 23, 2023 successful Santiago, Chile. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Medal reallocations person historically surfaced aft doping oregon different cheating cases, but Chiles’ quality centered connected an evident mistake by the International Gymnastics Federation — the sport’s governing body.

"In the highly exceptional circumstances of the lawsuit successful question, it considers that determination is simply a likelihood for the audio-visual signaling of the last connected [Aug. 5, 2024], to pb to a modification of the contested grant successful [favor] of the applicants, since the CAS could consider, successful the airy of this audio-visual sequence, that the verbal enquiry made connected behalf of Jordan Chiles had been made earlier the expiry of the regulatory one-minute clip limit," the tribunal said successful a connection issued connected Jan. 23.

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Chiles' entreaty questioning the independency of the caput of the arbitration sheet was not accepted.

Maurice Suh, a subordinate of Chiles’ ineligible team, said successful a connection that his lawsuit remains determined to support the bronze medal she was awarded astatine the Paris Olympics.

Jordan Chiles of the United States poses for a photograph with her golden and bronze medasl aft time 3 of the gymnastics lawsuit finals during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games connected Aug. 5, 2024 successful Paris, France. (Kyle Terada/USA TODAY Sports)

"We are delighted that the Swiss Federal Supreme Court has righted a incorrect and fixed Jordan the accidental she deserves to reclaim her bronze medal," Suh said successful a connection obtained by USA Today. "As the Court recognized, determination is 'conclusive' video grounds that Jordan was the rightful victor of the bronze medal.

"We besides admit the Court’s designation that 'extraordinary clip pressure' and notification defects prevented Jordan from presenting this important grounds successful August 2024. We admit that Jordan volition person a afloat and just accidental to support her bronze medal."

USA Gymnastics besides reacted to the latest developments successful the case, saying successful a connection that the enactment looks guardant to Chiles having a "fair" hearing.

"We are pleased the Swiss Federal Supreme Court recognized the flaws successful the archetypal process and that Jordan's lawsuit tin present beryllium heard inclusive of each applicable evidence. We look guardant to a just arbitration that includes the wide grounds proving the enquiry into Jordan's people was filed good wrong 1 infinitesimal arsenic required by FIG rules."

The federation has supported Chiles during the appeals process, submitting grounds and statements connected behalf of the gymnast.

Jordan Chiles of United States competes successful the Uneven Bars during Women's Team Final of the Artistic Gymnastics connected Bercy Arena during the Paris 2024 Olympics Games connected July 30, 2024 successful Paris, France. (Alvaro Diaz/Europa Press via Getty Images)

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A day for the caller CAS proceeding has not been set, but the arbitration assemblage said it volition travel the tribunal’s ruling. 

"Following the SFT decision, CAS tin present guarantee a thorough judicial reappraisal of the caller grounds that has since been made available," CAS said successful its statement.

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