American Olympic gymnastics star Jordan Childs and her legal team have filed an appeal to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court over the bronze medal scandal that has cast a dark shadow over the Olympics.
At the end of the Paris Games, Childs won a bronze medal in the floor exercise after her coaches investigated the scoring after her performance. Childs moved up from fifth to third place. But Romanian officials filed their own appeal with the Centre for Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which overturned Childs' scores and stripped her of her medal.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Jordan Chiles celebrates with his medal. (Reuters/Hannah MacKay)
Now, Childs and her lawyers are taking their case to Superior Court.
“Mr. Childs is asking the Supreme Court to find that the CAS decision was procedurally flawed for two reasons,” Childs' lawyers said in a statement, according to Olympics.com.
“Firstly, the CAS violated Mr Childs' fundamental 'right to expression of opinion' by refusing to consider video evidence showing that his investigation was timely submitted, which is in direct contradiction to the findings of the CAS decision.”
“Second, the entire CAS process was unfair because Chile was not properly informed that the chairman of the CAS committee that stripped Chile of its bronze medal and awarded it instead to a Romanian gymnast, Hamid G. Garavi, had a significant conflict of interest. Mr. Garavi had been a Romanian lawyer for nearly a decade and was actively representing Romania at the time of the CAS arbitration.
Ryan Crowther aims for gold again at 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, chance to 'retire on American soil'
Jordan Chiles will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena on August 5th. (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
“Today's appeal is supported by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), which has filed a letter in support of Chiles' appeal.”
USA Gymnastics said it was working closely with Childs and her team “as we continue to pursue justice for Jordan.”
Childs spoke about the incident for the first time this week during a panel discussion at Forbes' Power Women Summit 2024 on Wednesday, where she visibly choked up when asked about the topic.
“For me, everything that's happened is not about the medal, it's about the color of my skin,” Chiles said through tears.
Childs previously claimed she had been subject to “racist abuse” from social media users in a statement posted to X on August 15. With her bronze medal, Childs became the first person in Olympic history to have three black gymnasts on a gymnastics podium.
Jordan Chiles will compete in the Paris Olympics on August 5, 2024. (Reuters/Hannah MacKay)
Click here to get the FOX News app
“It's about the fact that I'd done so much to get to this point as an athlete and then it felt like everything was stripped away.”
Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
Follow Fox News Digital sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
