This tale of the tape could prove helpful in Jordan Chiles’ Olympic medal fight.
Footage from Simone Biles’ Netflix documentary, “Simone Biles: Rising,” is a component of the American gymnast’s appeal for the bronze medal Chiles received on the Paris Games and was subsequently stripped of, USA Today reported Monday citing court docs.
Chiles, 23, originally received a rating of 13.666 in the ground exercise final on Aug. 5, but an inquiry made about her rating by Team USA throughout the 60-second deadline elevated her to 3rd place with a latest rating of 13.766.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport later ruled the inquiry arrived outside the 60-second window, but footage within the Biles program features audio of Chiles’ coach, Cecile Landi, stating, “Inquiry for Jordan!” 49 seconds after the rating was revealed, per USA Today.
Docuseries director Katie Walsh had multiple cameras stationed inside Bercy Arena, where the gymnastics competition on the Paris Olympics took place, and had audio access from Landi, the court documents indicated.
She shared the footage with Landi, which was later passed to Team USA Gymnastics and the Olympic and Paralympic Committee, in keeping with the report.
The International Olympic Committee announced days after the ground exercise final that Chiles needed to return the medal.
Chiles, a two-time Olympian, called the controversy “one of the vital difficult moments of my profession.”
“Consider me once I say I had had many. I’ll approach this challenge as I actually have others — and I’ll make every effort to be certain that justice is finished,” she posted on social media last month. “I think that at the top of this journey, the people on top of things will do the appropriate thing.”
Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu has since received a bronze medal after posting a rating of 13.700 within the event. Compatriot Sabrina Maneca-Voinea placed fourth with the identical rating as Barbosu, who earned higher marks within the execution.
Chiles officially filed an appeal within the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland on Monday.
In a press release, it’s alleged the Court of Arbitration for Sport “violated Chiles’s fundamental ‘right to be heard’ by refusing to contemplate the video evidence that showed her inquiry was submitted on time — in direct contradiction to the findings in CAS’s decision,” and that Chiles “was not properly informed that Hamid G. Gharavi, the President of the CAS panel that revoked Chiles’s bronze medal and awarded it as an alternative to a Romanian gymnast, had a serious conflict of interest.”
Gharavi has represented Romania in legal matters.
Chiles tearfully recounted the ordeal last week on the Forbes Power Women’s Summit, stating how she felt she had been “left in the dead of night” amid the fallout.
This tale of the tape could prove helpful in Jordan Chiles’ Olympic medal fight.
Footage from Simone Biles’ Netflix documentary, “Simone Biles: Rising,” is a component of the American gymnast’s appeal for the bronze medal Chiles received on the Paris Games and was subsequently stripped of, USA Today reported Monday citing court docs.
Chiles, 23, originally received a rating of 13.666 in the ground exercise final on Aug. 5, but an inquiry made about her rating by Team USA throughout the 60-second deadline elevated her to 3rd place with a latest rating of 13.766.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport later ruled the inquiry arrived outside the 60-second window, but footage within the Biles program features audio of Chiles’ coach, Cecile Landi, stating, “Inquiry for Jordan!” 49 seconds after the rating was revealed, per USA Today.
Docuseries director Katie Walsh had multiple cameras stationed inside Bercy Arena, where the gymnastics competition on the Paris Olympics took place, and had audio access from Landi, the court documents indicated.
She shared the footage with Landi, which was later passed to Team USA Gymnastics and the Olympic and Paralympic Committee, in keeping with the report.
The International Olympic Committee announced days after the ground exercise final that Chiles needed to return the medal.
Chiles, a two-time Olympian, called the controversy “one of the vital difficult moments of my profession.”
“Consider me once I say I had had many. I’ll approach this challenge as I actually have others — and I’ll make every effort to be certain that justice is finished,” she posted on social media last month. “I think that at the top of this journey, the people on top of things will do the appropriate thing.”
Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu has since received a bronze medal after posting a rating of 13.700 within the event. Compatriot Sabrina Maneca-Voinea placed fourth with the identical rating as Barbosu, who earned higher marks within the execution.
Chiles officially filed an appeal within the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland on Monday.
In a press release, it’s alleged the Court of Arbitration for Sport “violated Chiles’s fundamental ‘right to be heard’ by refusing to contemplate the video evidence that showed her inquiry was submitted on time — in direct contradiction to the findings in CAS’s decision,” and that Chiles “was not properly informed that Hamid G. Gharavi, the President of the CAS panel that revoked Chiles’s bronze medal and awarded it as an alternative to a Romanian gymnast, had a serious conflict of interest.”
Gharavi has represented Romania in legal matters.
Chiles tearfully recounted the ordeal last week on the Forbes Power Women’s Summit, stating how she felt she had been “left in the dead of night” amid the fallout.
