Jordan Chile's latest bronze medal appeal includes new audio evidence challenging CAS decision

The saga surrounding Jordan Chiles' stripping of his bronze medal in the individual gymnastics floor event continued on Tuesday when the gymnast filed an appeal with the Swiss Federal Court. The new appeal includes audiovisual evidence challenging the ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that Chiles' coach Cecile Landi failed to file an investigation within the prescribed time limit.

The main point of contention in the CAS decision was the timing of Landis's investigation, which increased Chiles' difficulty score by 0.1 points because the judges had missed a vault element. As the last gymnast to perform on the floor exercise, Chiles and her coach had one minute after her score was announced to submit an investigation.

A Washington Post analysis published Thursday confirmed that Landi filed a timely appeal, but the officer did not log the request until 15 seconds after Landi's first request and seven seconds after her second request.

Landi can be heard saying “request for Jordan” several times within the one-minute time limit, beginning 46 seconds after Chiles' score was announced. An official did not log the request until one minute and four seconds after Chiles' score was officially recorded and one minute and one second after her score was posted on the board.

Those few seconds formed the basis for the CAS's initial decision to strip Chile of its medal, as well as for the Court's decision to make its ruling even stricter.

The footage, which includes audio of Landi's requests, was shot as part of the documentary “Simone Biles Rising” by Simone Biles, her teammate on the U.S. team. Landi, who is also Biles' coach, was fitted with a microphone for the documentary and can be heard saying “request for Jordan” twice before the one-minute time limit expires.

Notably, the footage also shows that Landi had attempted to submit a request for Biles, who finished second behind Rebeca Andrade. Chiles, Biles and Andrade made history as the first all-black podium.

On social media, Biles said she was frustrated that her appeal was not handled correctly, but that she did not mind coming in second.

“Honestly, it's not a big deal to me, Rebeca had better floor anyway,” Biles said in response to a comment on X about her failed appeal. “It's annoying that it wasn't edited, but I'm not mad about the outcome.”

While Biles was happy with the way things turned out for her, she felt differently about Chiles: “JUSTICE FOR JORDAN,” she wrote.

Romania's Ana Bǎrbosu, who was originally third before Chiles' new score pushed her off the podium, received her bronze medal in Romania in August. It is unclear whether Chiles still has her bronze medal.

On August 15, Chiles released her first statement since the CAS ruling, calling the verdict “devastating” and “unjust” but pointing out that she had been subjected to “unsolicited racially motivated attacks” online.

Chiles also spoke about losing the medal at the Forbes Power Women's Summit last week, saying it felt like everything had been taken away from her.

At the moment, however, Chiles and her team are not giving up on their attempt to win back the medal.