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  • I think it’s going to depend on whether USA entities had the chance to object. Supposedly “none of the parties involved in the hearing had objected to his appointment as the panel’s chair”. However, it’s unclear whether USAG/USOPC would be included because they were only on the case as interested parties, and the rights of interested parties are unclear (as well as exactly what parts of the trial USAG/USOPC was included in). So, it’s possible that the only people who were given an opportunity to object were the Romanian fed and FIG, because those were the actual parties the case was between (Federation Romanian Gymnastics and Ana Bărbosu v. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) and Donatella Sacchi)

    Adding to the mess, there’s some chatter (unconfirmed, but from a reputable journalist) that CAS reached out to the wrong US officials while they were preparing for the case, but unknown how long it took to get the right ones. And going back to the interested parties thing, how much info they were given in order to prepare or how much they were able to participate in the case is unknown. The video evidence they have was denied because it came after the conclusion of the case. But did they have sufficient opportunity to uncover that evidence prior to the hearing?

    Basically, there’s still a ton that’s unknown.