Dispute over Jordan Chiles’ Olympic medal goes back to court

A dispute over a bronze medal stripped from Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles and awarded to a Romanian competitor is headed to court.

Chiles, now 24, finished third in the floor exercise at the 2024 Paris Olympics only to have the medal given to Ana Maria Barbosu after the Romanian team appealed the score.

But Switzerland’s supreme court said Thursday that its judges have sent the case back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to examine new evidence.

At issue is whether the US challenged Chiles’ judged score quickly enough after the results came in to overturn the previous decision that awarded the metal to a competator.

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The Swiss court wants CAS to review a recording that shows the US’ score challenge came within the one-minute window the rules allow.

The court referenced “highly exceptional circumstances” of the case, and acknowledged “there is a likelihood” that the video evidence recorded during the Aug. 5, 2024 final could “lead to a modification of the contested award in favor of the applicant (Chiles).

“One of Chiles’ lawyers, Maurice Suh, said the gymnast will “fight vigorously” and is grateful for a “full and fair opportunity to defend her bronze medal.”