USA Gymnastics came back with receipts amid its fight to have Jordan Chiles keep the bronze medal she won at the Paris Olympics last week.
Chiles moved from fifth place to third with the score change. Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu lost her spot on the podium. The Romanian Gymnastics Federation filed a complaint to the Center of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the arbiter ruled the United States’ inquiry was four seconds late and Chiles’ score should revert back to 13.666.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said earlier Sunday that Chiles should return her medal.
“USA Gymnastics on Sunday formally submitted a letter and video evidence to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, conclusively establishing that Head Coach Cecile Landi’s request to file an inquiry was submitted 47 seconds after the publishing of the score, within 1-minute deadline required by FIG rule,” the organization said.
USA Gymnastics requested CAS reinstate Chiles’ bronze medal winning score of 13.766.
