(CNN) — Jordan Chiles filed an enchantment of the choice that led to the US gymnast being stripped of an Olympic bronze medal, her attorneys introduced Monday.
Chiles was stripped of her first particular person Olympic medal after the Romanian gymnastics group challenged the choice to revise her ultimate rating within the ground train to the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
CAS finally upheld the problem, that means the US star’s bronze went to Romania’s Ana Bǎrbosu.
Chiles has now opted to enchantment CAS’ choice to the Federal Supreme Courtroom of Switzerland – the place CAS relies.
“From begin to end, the procedures resulting in the CAS panel’s choice have been essentially unfair, and it’s no shock that they resulted in an unjust choice,” Chiles’s attorneys mentioned in a press launch.
Her attorneys argue CAS violated Chiles’s “proper to be heard” by “refusing to think about the video proof that confirmed her inquiry was submitted on time,” and that Chiles was not correctly knowledgeable that the President of the CAS panel had a potential conflict of interest.
CNN has reached out to CAS for remark.
“Jordan Chiles’ appeals current the worldwide group with a simple authorized query—will everybody stand by whereas an Olympic athlete who has performed solely the correct factor is stripped of her medal due to elementary unfairness in an ad-hoc arbitration course of? The reply to that query ought to be no,” Maurice M. Suh, counsel for Chiles, mentioned.
“Each a part of the Olympics, together with the arbitration course of, ought to stand for honest play,” Suh added.
The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) mentioned they’re decided to see Chiles obtain the popularity she deserves.
“As a result of egregious errors and oversight by CAS in dealing with the case and overlooking clear proof of Jordan’s rightful Bronze win, we’re decided to make sure she receives the popularity she deserves. Our dedication to fact on this matter stays steadfast,” the USOPC informed CNN Monday.
USA Gymnastics (USAG) informed CNN it’s not concerned instantly within the enchantment at this stage however is supporting Chiles and her group.
“USAG is intently coordinating with Jordan and her authorized group and can make supportive filings with the courtroom within the continued pursuit of justice for Jordan,” the physique mentioned.
“Chiles believes in competing pretty and with integrity and holding these organizations to the requirements and guidelines that have been established to make sure equity,” the gymnast’s attorneys added Monday.
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