Jordan Chiles Shows Off His Olympic Medals in New Year’s Post Amid continued appeals over the bronze medal loss to Romania

Team USA and gymnast Jordan Chiles didn’t let the withdrawal of her Olympic bronze medal stop them from showing off the team’s gold medal on Tuesday.

In a New Year’s Eve post celebrating the medals won by the United States. Claim this year’s Paris Olympics. The team included a photo of Chile holding the gold medal she and her American teammates won in the women’s team competition. Chiles was the only gymnast included in the collage.

Chiles reposted the photo on her personal Instagram story on Tuesday.

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Jordan Chiles of the United States congratulates teammate Simone Biles (left) of the United States. After winning the bronze medal in dramatic fashion thanks to a score change after the women’s floor final during the artistic gymnastics competition at the Bercy Arena during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics on August 5, 2024 in Paris, United States. France (Mehmet Murat Onel/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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The 23-year-old gymnast is currently involved in an appeal against a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that dropped her from third place to fifth in the finals of the physical exercise. female floor

Ana Barbosu from Romania was initially rated higher than the Chilean. After the American completed her routine, then, at the request of the US coach, The committee reviewed the photos, changed the scores, and moved Chile up to third place, causing initial opposition and fierce backlash from Romanians.

The decision to award the medal to Chile instead resulted in her being the first black podium finisher in Olympic gymnastics history. She worked with teammate Simone. Biles and Rebecca Andrade from Brazil

But on the last day of the Olympics The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that Chile’s appeal was one minute overdue. and changed her score to put her back in fifth place. The next day, August 11, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) required Chile to return its medals.

However, after the end of the Olympics in August, USA Today reported that Chile and the rest of the United States Olympic team had “no intention“In returning the medal It is still appealing the IOC’s decision.

Chile’s lawyers argued that her coach made the request in time and had video evidence to prove it. It also stated that the official who decided to confiscate Chiles’ medal had ties to Romania.

“Chiles asks the Supreme Court to find that the CAS decision was procedurally deficient for two reasons,” Chiles’ lawyers said in a statement. Go to Olympics.com–

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Team USA from left to right Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, Jade Carey, Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee pose for a photo after competing in the women’s artistic gymnastics qualifiers at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, Paris, France. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

“First, CAS violated Chile’s fundamental ‘right to be heard’ by refusing to consider video evidence that her inquiries were submitted on time. This directly contradicts the CAS decision findings.

“Secondly, The entire CAS action was unfair because Chiles was not properly notified of CAS committee chairman Hamid G. Gharavi revoking Chiles’ bronze medal and awarding it to a Romanian gymnast instead. There is a serious conflict of interest: Mr. Gharavi has served as a consultant for Romania for nearly a decade. and actively represented Romania while the CAS arbitration was taking place.”

Chiles has also appealed to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court to overturn CAS’ decision. She argued that 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 been candid about the medal loss that took its toll on her in the months after the Olympics.

Chiles gave his first sit-down interview about the incident this week during a panel at Forbes Power Women’s Summit 2024 in September The gymnast choked up and broke down in tears when asked about the topic.

“For me, everything that happened had nothing to do with medals. But it was about the color of my skin,” Chiles said.

Chiles previously claimed she was dealing with “Racially driven attacks” from social media users in a statement posted on As a result, three black competitors rose to the gymnastics podium for the first time in Olympic history.

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Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles of Team USA pose with their Paris 2024 Olympic medals after the women’s gymnastics finals practice on day 10 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on August 5, 2024 in Paris. France (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

“It has to do with the fact that there are a lot of things that go into this athletic position. And I felt like everything was released.”

The dispute has drawn international scrutiny, with the decision being made by the referee who scored the match. The Center for Sports Arbitration (CAS) and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) issued a joint statement on 8 Aug 15, condemning the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and its refereeing team for the results of the competition.

“If FIG has already put in place such a mechanism or arrangement. A lot of sorrow would be gone,” the CAS ad hoc panel said in a statement. “The panel expressed hope that the FIG will draw out the consequences of this case. related to these three special athletes and other athletes. and their future support personnel So that this doesn’t happen again.”

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