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- Jordan Chiles could keep her Olympic bronze medal after the Swiss Federal Supreme Court granted part of her appeal
- Chiles was stripped of the medal after a timing issue involving an inquiry by her coach came to light
- Chiles wrote of the ordeal in her 2025 book I'm That Girl: Living the Power of My Dreams
Jordan Chiles may be able to keep her Olympic bronze medal after all.
The gymnast — who was stripped of the medal following a timing controversy after her floor exercise at the Paris Olympics in 2024 — could retain the bronze after the Swiss Federal Supreme Court “recognized flaws in the initial process,” and has granted part of her appeal, USA Gymnastics said on Thursday, Jan. 29.
"In the highly exceptional circumstances of the case in question, it considers that there is a likelihood for the audio-visual recording of the final on 5 August 2024 to lead to a modification of the contested award in favour of the applicants, since the CAS [Court of Arbitration for Sport] could consider, in the light of this audio-visual sequence, that the verbal inquiry made on behalf of Jordan Chiles had been made before the expiry of the regulatory one-minute time limit," the Swiss Federal Tribunal said in a statement issued on Friday, Jan. 23.
In a statement, USA Gymnastics said that it would “continue to support” Chiles’ and her team’s efforts to keep the medal.
“We look forward to a fair arbitration that includes the clear evidence proving the inquiry into Jordan’s score was filed well within one minute as required by FIG rules,” the organization said.
Chiles’ attorney, Maurice Suh, also celebrated the news, according to USA Today.
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"We are delighted that the Swiss Federal Supreme Court has righted a wrong and given Jordan the chance she deserves to reclaim her bronze medal," Suh said in a statement. "As the Court recognized, there is 'conclusive' video evidence that Jordan was the rightful winner of the bronze medal.”
Suh continued, "We also appreciate the Court’s recognition that 'extraordinary time pressure' and notification defects prevented Jordan from presenting this important evidence in August 2024," Suh added. "We appreciate that Jordan will receive a full and fair opportunity to defend her bronze medal."
Chiles, 24, was stripped of her medal in August 2024 after the floor exercise competition.
She had made history in Paris as part of the first all-Black Olympic gymnastics podium when she stood proudly alongside Brazil’s gold medalist Rebeca Andrade and her silver-medalist USA teammate Simone Biles, after her coach Cecile Canqueteau-Landi's inquiry about her score boosted her up to the third place position.
Days later, the the Romanian Olympic committee protested to CAS, arguing that Canqueteau-Landi’s inquiry about her score came too late, and not within the one-minute deadline. CAS agreed with them in their ruling, and the IOC and the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) stripped Chiles of the medal, awarding it instead to Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu.
Chiles opened up about the ordeal in her book I'm That Girl: Living the Power of My Dreams and told PEOPLE in a February 2025 interview that she wanted to reclaim the narrative.
"I honestly wanted to be like, 'I'm Jordan Chiles,' " she told PEOPLE, "'and this is my story.' "
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