Jordan Chiles’ attorneys say documentary footage proves decision to strip her bronze medal rests on a ‘factual error’

Jordan Chiles has submitted a new application in the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland over the decision that led to her losing an Olympic bronze medal, her attorneys announced Tuesday.

American gymnast Jordan Chiles’ legal team has submitted a new application in the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland over the decision that led to her losing an Olympic bronze medal, pointing toward new video evidence that Chiles’ lawyers say proves her case. This latest brief asks the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland to reopen the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) proceedings to consider crucial evidence which Chiles’ attorneys say, “it did not previously consider.” CAS is based in Switzerland. Chiles’ attorneys say that a documentary crew has video and audio recordings to prove Chiles’ case. “The evidence in question – footage from a documentary crew that was recording the women’s gymnastics floor finals – proves that CAS’s prior decision rested on a critical factual error that was compounded by the fact that CAS allowed Chiles less than a day to prepare for her hearing,” Chiles’ attorneys said in a statement sent to CNN Tuesday. “CAS stripped Chiles’s bronze medal based on its conclusion that Chiles’s coach was four seconds late in making a verbal inquiry to correct Chiles’s score, but the new evidence clearly shows that the inquiry was made on time.” USA Gymnastics (USAG) also filed a brief to reopen CAS’ award on the bronze medal, the organization told CNN Tuesday.