USA Gymnastics officials say an arbitration panel won’t reconsider a decision asking gymnast Jordan Chiles to return the bronze medal she won at the Paris Olympics
They weren’t even late on catching the mistake, but the CAS has stated that the evidence USAG has showing that the crucial evidence used to overturn the Chiles’ bronze score is incorrect cannot be considered and their decision is final.
So basically “yeah, we hear you that the ‘evidence’ we used to strip your medal is wrong, but we can’t litsen to that evidence now because we’ve already ruled on this, so, too bad”
Regardless of affiliation, everyone should want to get this right, and basically no matter who you ask here, they got this massively wrong.
It’s worse.
They weren’t even late on catching the mistake, but the CAS has stated that the evidence USAG has showing that the crucial evidence used to overturn the Chiles’ bronze score is incorrect cannot be considered and their decision is final.
So basically “yeah, we hear you that the ‘evidence’ we used to strip your medal is wrong, but we can’t litsen to that evidence now because we’ve already ruled on this, so, too bad”
Regardless of affiliation, everyone should want to get this right, and basically no matter who you ask here, they got this massively wrong.
To be fair, the US should have submitted that evidence in the first place.
They were never given the opportunity.
They were, during their first appeal.