Jordan Chiles said she would make every effort to get her bronze medal back, and that fight continued Monday. Successful appeals to the Swiss tribunal are uncommon, but Chiles’ attorneys argued the CAS decision — which prompted the International Olympic Committee to reallocate Chiles’ medal to Romania’s Ana Bărbosu — violated Chiles’ “right to be heard.” In a news release, …
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If it was up to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Jordan Chiles would keep her bronze medal for her routine in the women’s gymnastics floor exercise at the Paris Olympics, and Romanian gymnasts Ana Bărbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea would each get one, too. But in a 29-page detailing of its ruling that led Olympic officials to strip Chiles of …
The head of the panel that ruled Jordan Chiles should lose her Olympic bronze to a Romanian athlete has represented Romania's government in legal disputes for years, it has emerged. The Jordan Chiles Olympic bronze dispute has taken a twist over 'conflict of interest' claims Ana Barbosu is scheduled to receive the bronze taken from Chiles in Romania this week …
