Jordan Chiles takes his fight for the bronze medal to the Swiss Federal Court to obtain “justice”

American Olympic gymnastics star Jordan Chiles and her legal team have filed an appeal with the Swiss Federal Court over the bronze medal scandal that has overshadowed the Games.

Chiles was awarded the bronze medal for her floor exercise at the end of the Paris Games after her coaches made a scoring request following her performance. Chiles was moved up from fifth to third place. However, Romanian officials appealed to CAS, which annulled Chiles' score and stripped her of her medal.

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Now Chiles and her lawyers are taking the case to a higher court.

“Chiles is asking the Supreme Court to find that the CAS decision was procedurally flawed for two reasons,” Chiles' lawyers said in a statement, according to Olympics.com.

“First, CAS violated Chile's fundamental 'right to be heard' by refusing to consider video evidence showing that her request was submitted in a timely manner – in direct contradiction to the findings in the CAS decision.

“Secondly, the entire CAS proceedings were unfair because Chiles was not properly informed that Hamid G. Gharavi, the chair of the CAS panel that stripped Chiles of its bronze medal and awarded it instead to a Romanian gymnast, had a serious conflict of interest: Mr. Gharavi served as legal counsel for Romania for nearly a decade and was actively representing Romania at the time of the CAS arbitration.

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Jordan Chiles will compete in the Olympic Games in Paris at the Bercy Arena on August 5, 2024. (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

“Today's filing of the appeal was supported by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), which submitted a letter in support of Chile's appeal.”

USA Gymnastics said it is working closely with Chiles and her team to “continue to seek justice for Jordan.”

Chiles gave her first interview about the incident this week during a panel at the Forbes Power Women's Summit 2024 on Wednesday. The gymnast was visibly moved when asked about the topic.

“For me, everything that happened is not about the medal, but about the color of my skin,” Chiles said tearfully.

Chiles had previously claimed in a statement posted on X on August 15 that she was subjected to “racially motivated attacks” from social media users. When Chiles won the bronze medal, it was the first time in Olympic history that three black participants stood on the podium in gymnastics.

Jordan of Chile at the Olympic Games in Paris on August 5, 2024. (Reuters/Hannah McKay)

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“The point is that there were things that led to this position as an athlete and I felt like everything had been taken away from me.”

Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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