Jordan Chiles’ Olympic Bronze Hopes Revived As Swiss Court Reviews New Evidence
['Caroline Price']
Forbes - Business
531 days have passed since the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) stripped the bronze medal from Chiles and formally awarded it to Romania’s Ana Bărbosu.
Chiles’ team argued that the CAS “violated Chiles’s fundamental ‘right to be heard,’” by refusing to consider video evidence.
This evidence, Chiles’ team argued, “unequivocally proves that the inquiry was submitted on time.”Swiss Court Accepts New Video EvidenceNearly one year and six months later, that video evidence may have made a difference.
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"As the Court recognized, there is ‘conclusive’ video evidence that Jordan was the rightful winner of the bronze medal."