During the competition Chiles’ coaches filed an inquiry into her initial score of 13.666 which was awarded to her in the Bercy Arena after her performance. Subsequently her score was increased to 13.733 which placed her third above Romanian’s Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Voinea.
Chiles had her medal revoked because the Romanian team has since appealed saying that the American coaches issued their inquiry four seconds too late. The medal has been awarded to Barbousu in a standalone ceremony in Romania while Chiles says she still has her original medal.
Since the ceremony she has been part of an ongoing appeal to change the decision made by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Appealing the decision which moved her from a bronze medal position to fifth has been defended by Chiles on the TODAY show where she said, “Everything was in the time that it needed to be, and for them to come back and say that it was four seconds late, when we’ve had proof, we’ve had everything that really can show that everything was right."
Chiles is contesting the decision on this ground, but this is not the only reason she has chosen to appeal the decision. Whilst her legal team don’t believe CAS considered the video evidence which supported her inquiry being submitted on time the other reason is related to a potential conflict of interest held by the chair of the CAS panel. Despite this CAS have refused to make a statement to the Swiss federal tribunal who are fronting the appeal.
While the result of the appeal is still uncertain Chiles and her team have and will continue to fight the decision that has been made. Chiles has stated that her score, 13.733, was given to her alongside the bronze medal and this was done in the right way and as such she believes the medal is rightfully hers.