The medal was originally awarded to Chiles after Team USA contested the judges’ scoring during an event. However, the CAS later overruled the scoring adjustment after an official challenge from Romania, resulting in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) demanding that the medal be returned.

However, USA Gymnastics Coach Cecile Landi filed an inquiry, which the judges accepted and bumped up Chiles’ score to put her in third place to earn the bronze medal.

However, this score by Chiles was later officially challenged by the Romanian Gymnastics Federation who filed for a review of the score before the Court of Arbitration.

The ruling determined that Team USA’s coach exceeded a one-minute time limit to make a verbal inquiry into seeking a score change, making the Chiles’ placing invalid.

“I am taking this time and removing myself from social media for my mental health thank you,” said Chiles.

“We are devastated,” the statement said. “The inquiry in the Difficulty Value of Jordan Chiles’ floor exercise routine was filed in good faith and, we believed, in accordance with FIG rules to ensure accurate scoring.”

Team USA sought to provide new evidence in a letter and wanted to submit video footage that they time-stamped showing the inquiry happened before the contested one-minute deadline.

While the IOC has confirmed that court did not have the time-stamped evidence at the time of ruling, the CAS’s refusal to reopen the case means that USA Gymnastics will have to try a different approach.

“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 statement said.

“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,” the statement said.

However, chances for Chiles don’t look good. In the past, the Swiss Federal Tribunal has restrained itself from intervening in CAS decisions, only stepping in for blatant procedural issues. It’s unclear if Chiles will be allowed to keep her medal during the appeal process or if she will be forced to surrender it before the appeal can be decided.

“All of this smells of corruption. How do they quickly strip a medal within hours but don’t allow the other party to defend themselves? Didn’t even give the Usag a chance to acquire evidence needed and deemed what they had was factual,” said one X user.