The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) plans to appeal the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to reallocate Jordan Chiles’ bronze medal.
“We firmly believe that Jordan rightfully earned the bronze medal, and there were critical errors in both the initial scoring by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the subsequent CAS [Court of Arbitration for Sport] appeal process that need to be addressed,” the USOPC said in a Sunday, August 11, statement to the Associated Press. “The initial error occurred in the scoring by FIG, and the second error was during the CAS appeal process, where the USOPC was not given adequate time or notice to effectively challenge the decision.”