2024 Olympics: USA Gymnastics says that court won't reconsider ruling on Jordan Chiles' bronze medal case

USA Gymnastics announced that the Court of Arbitration for Sport isn't going to reconsider its ruling in the scoring in the women's floor exercise competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics. As a result of a scoring inquiry, United States gymnast Jordan Chiles was stripped of her bronze medal .

Previously, USA Gymnastics revealed that they have video evidence that the scoring inquiry was made inside of the allowed time. The CAS stated that the inquiry was submitted four seconds beyond the one-minute deadline.

USA Gymnastics announced on social media that it was told that CAS rules "do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence is presented."

"We are deeply disappointed by the notification and will continue to pursue every possible avenue and appeal process, including to the Swiss Federal Tribunal, to ensure the just score, placement and medal award for Jordan," USA Gymnastics added.

During the final routine of the floor exercise final, Chiles had been awarded a score of 13.666, which included a deduction of a tenth of a point due to an improper split leap. That score ended up putting her in fifth place behind Romanian gymnasts Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea. Both Barbosu and Maneca-Voinea had tallied scores of 13.700.

Chiles' coach, Cecile Landi, submitted a formal appeal for the deduction, and the judges ended up agreeing with the appeal. Chiles' score was changed to 13.766, which vaulted her into third place ahead of Barbosu and Maneca-Voinea.

The Romanian Gymnastics Federation believed that the late ruling wasn't fair, so they escalated the issue to CAS. They claimed that Landi submitted the scoring inquiry four seconds past the allowed time.

On Saturday, the CAS announced their ruling that the scoring inquiry occurred too late, and Chiles would be stripped of her bronze medal as a result.