The bronze medal won by the United States’ Jordan Chiles in floor exercise on Aug. 5 at the 2024 Paris Olympics is in jeopardy. The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Saturday ruled that the scoring inquiry resulting in Chiles finding a spot on the podium was submitted 4 seconds beyond the 1-minute deadline and should not have been accepted. As such, Chiles may be forced to relinquish her medal.
The previously accepted inquiry moved Chiles past a pair of Romanian gymnasts who had been tied for third and begun celebrating what they thought would be a bronze medal. Chiles’ initial score was 13.666, which would have placed her fifth behind Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, U.S. teammate Simone Biles and the two Romanians, Ana Bărbosu and Sabrina Voinea.
Chiles’ adjusted 13.766 score — the United States asked for the difficulty of her routine to be reconsidered on appeal — boosted her past Bărbosu and Voinea, tied 13.700.
The CAS ruling applies to Chiles’ score but neither her final ranking nor medal status. That will be determined by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique.
Neither the FIG nor the International Olympic Committee have commented on the CAS ruling, but USA Gymnastics took to social media to relay its concern.
“We are devastated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling regarding women’s floor exercise,” it said in a statement on X (formerly Twitter). “The inquiry into the difficulty value of Jordan Chiles’ floor exercise routine was filed in good faith and, we believed, in accordance with FIG rules to ensure accurate scoring.”
