(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE LA Dodgers 3, Oakland 2 Philadelphia 6, Seattle 0 LA Angels 3, NY. Mets 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City 3, Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 1, Houston 0 Baltimore 9, Cleveland 5 NY Yankees 4, Toronto 3 (10) Boston 7, Texas 2 Minnesota 13, Chi White Sox 7
NATIONAL LEAGUE San Francisco 8, Cincinnati 2 Final Washington 4 Milwaukee 3 Miami 7, Atlanta 0 Arizona 6, Pittsburgh 5 San Diego 10, Colorado 2 Chi Cubs 6, St. Louis 2
(WASHINGTON) — The Court of Arbitration for Sport will not hear U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles’ appeal to keep her bronze medal from the Olympics despite new evidence, according to USA Gymnastics.
“USA Gymnastics was notified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday that their rules do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence is presented,” the governing body for gymnastics in the U.S. said in a statement. “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 scoring, placement, and medal award for Jordan.”
Chiles initially finished fifth in the individual floor exercise at last week’s Paris Olympic Games, only to be moved up to the bronze medal spot when her coaches appealed the scoring of one of the elements in her routine.
The judges had incorrectly downgraded one of the elements of her routine and added the correct 0.1 points to her score on appeal. She jumped from 13.666 points to 13.766 points and passed over two Romanian gymnasts to place third.
The decision to award Chiles the bronze medal came as Romania’s Ana Barbosu was already celebrating her spot on the medal stand. She left in tears and her coaches would appeal the ruling, saying Chiles’ coaches took four seconds longer than the allotted one minute coaches have to appeal to the judges.
The International Gymnastics Federation awarded Barbosu third place after the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided the appeal made by Chiles’ coach at the event, with CAS saying Chiles’ score was “raised after the conclusion of the one-minute deadline.” In saying the challenge came too late, the CAS reinstated the incorrect 13.666 score.
In accordance with the CAS ruling, the International Olympic Committee said in a statement it “will reallocate the bronze medal to Ana Barbosu (Romania). We are in touch with the NOC of Romania to discuss the reallocation ceremony and with USOPC regarding the return of the bronze medal.”
“We are devastated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling regarding women’s floor exercise,” USA Gymnastics wrote in a statement shared to Instagram on Saturday after the initial ruling was delivered, adding, “Throughout the appeal process, Jordan has been subject to consistent, utterly baseless and extremely hurtful attacks on social media.”
USA Gymnastics said Sunday it had video evidence that the appeal by Chiles’ coaches was submitted 47 seconds after Chiles’ incorrect score was published, well within the one-minute time limit.
The CAS on Monday said it would not even look at that evidence since their rules did not allow it.
USA Gymnastics said Monday it would continue to fight for Chiles, who has already returned to the U.S. with her bronze medal. She posted over the weekend on social media that she would be taking a break from posting amid the controversy.
Teammates Simone Biles and Suni Lee both issued statements of support for Chiles on Instagram over the weekend.
“Sending you so much love, Jordan,” Biles wrote in her post. “Keep your chin up Olympic champ! We love you!”
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE Minnesota 9, Cincinnati 2 Toronto 3, St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 4, Kansas City 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 4, Baltimore 2 Cleveland 2, Tampa Bay 0 Chi White Sox 4, Oakland 3 NY Yankees 5, Boston 2 Seattle 7, Texas 0 Houston 6, LA Angels 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 2, NY Mets 1 Washington 4, Miami 3 Chi Cubs 6, Colorado 2 San Diego 4, San Francisco 3 Arizona 11, Milwaukee 10 LA Dodgers 9, Atlanta 2
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Cleveland 18, Jacksonville 13 Green Bay 16, Indianapolis 10 LA Chargers 26, Carolina 3 Las Vegas 26, Baltimore 23 Minnesota 23, San Francisco 17 NY Jets 24, Tennessee 17 New Orleans 44, Dallas 19 Seattle 23, New England 20 (OT) Tampa Bay 20, Detroit 16 Washington 21, NY Giants 18 Arizona 41, LA Rams 10 Kansas City 26, Cincinnati 25 Pittsburgh 13, Denver 6 Houston 19, Chicago 13
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Minnesota 88, New York 79 Indiana 110, Dallas 109 Atlanta 76, Washington 73 (OT) Las Vegas 84, Connecticut 71 Phoenix 93, Chicago 88 Seattle 90, Los Angeles 87
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Seattle 2, Sporting Kansas City 0
Silver medalist Simone Biles the U.S. and bronze medalist, Jordan Chiles of the U.S. watch the scoreboard during the women’s artistic gymnastics individual floor exercise final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Aug. 5, 2024. (Dan Mullan/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — What began with a miscalculation in the degree of difficulty for Jordan Chiles’ women’s gymnastics floor exercise final routine has led to another new twist in the celebration turned saga over who won bronze at the Paris Olympics.
New documents have revealed that Dr. Hamid G. Gharavi, the head of the three person panel at the Court of Arbitration for Sports that overturned a review, ruled against Chiles and forced her to give the bronze to Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu, has actually represented Romanian interests for years.
Coaches, fellow athletes and fans have cried foul after seeing that Gharavi’s resume has multiple legal cases in which he represented Romania in arbitration cases, accusing the president of the panel of having a conflict of interest.
“I am not allowed to comment on these or any other matters in relation to my role as an arbitrator in this or any other case,” the France-based attorney told ABC News in a statement.
Gharavi’s position had previously been revealed before the panel was created, according to The New York Times.
Chiles’ bronze medal finish happened after a Team USA inquiry into the difficulty of a move that the judges determined was worth an extra one tenth of a point and pushed her from fifth place to third, edging out Bărbosu.
“The sport of gymnastics is a subjective sport, and there are humans, and humans are going to make errors,” four-time U.S. Olympic gymnastics medalist Dominique Dawes told ABC News’ Good Morning America.
What was considered to be one of the best ever Olympic Games with a historic all-Black gymnastics podium, has now been mired in controversy and confusion.
The CAS voided an appeal from Chiles’ coach, Cecile Landi, stating that it came in too late.
USA Gymnastics fought back, submitting video evidence of the appeal to CAS.
“USA Gymnastics was notified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday that their rules do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence is presented,” USA Gymnastics said in a statement. “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 scoring, placement, and medal award for Jordan.”
Still on a high the morning after her win, the 23-year-old Team USA star appeared on GMA and took time to praise Bărbosu.
“She’s an amazing athlete she’s done amazing things within you know her gymnastics as well, so I’m very proud of myself, but also very proud of her as well,” Chiles said.
Team USA has vowed to pursue every possible avenue and appeal process, including to the Swiss Federal Tribunal. The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution was the first to report the legal ties between Gharavi and Romania.
In a statement to ABC News, the U.S. Olympic Committee said they were “not given adequate time or notice to effectively challenge the decision against Chiles,” but they are “committed to pursuing an appeal so that she receives the recognition she deserves.”
