Netflix series Simone Biles may provide evidence in investigation into Jordan Chile’s Olympic medal, court documents say

Jordan Chiles is coming to reclaim her bronze medal, and Simone Biles may be right behind her.

Chiles and her legal team have filed an appeal with the Swiss Federal Supreme Court to overturn a Paris Olympics ruling that denied her a third-place finish in the women’s floor routine final. Chiles was bumped from third to fifth after an appeal by American coaches, who had her score higher than Romanian competitors, was filed too late. She was told to strip her of her bronze medal, but there are no reports that she has done so or will do so.

Now that Chiles and her legal team are seeking to have her reinstated as an official medalist, they may be able to bolster their case with footage from a new Netflix docuseries about Biles.

According to court documents filed Monday with Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court, her attorney has submitted footage from the company that produces Biles’ Netflix series, which they claim shows visual evidence in Chiles’ favor. They claim the footage proves that the request for review that raised Chiles’ score was not filed after the deadline, according to multiple reports.

The documents show that the request by American coach Cecile Landy was filed 49 seconds after the result was announced, within the 60-second time limit for appeals.

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Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles of Team United States pose with their medals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after the women’s floor exercise final on day ten of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on August 5, 2024 in Paris, France. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Chiles’ lawyers have argued that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which made the final ruling, “violated Chiles’ fundamental ‘right to be heard’ by refusing to consider the video evidence showing that her investigation was submitted on time — in direct contradiction to the findings in the CAS decision.”

Her lawyers also alleged that CAS President Hamid G. Gharavi acted in a conflict of interest. The medal, which was initially won by Ana Babosu of Romania, stripped after review and then returned, represented a country with which Gharavi had close ties. Gharavi had acted as Romania’s lawyer for nearly a decade and was an active representative of the nation at the time of CAS’s decision to strip Chiles of her medal.

Chiles gave her first interview about the incident this week during a panel at the Forbes Power Women’s Summit 2024 on Wednesday. The gymnast felt a noticeable lump in her throat when asked about the topic.

“For me it’s not about the medal, it’s about the color of my skin,” Chiles said through tears.

Chili peppers previously claimed she faced “racially motivated attacks” from social media users in a statement posted to X on August 15. When Chiles won the bronze medal, it resulted in the first gymnastics podium in Olympic history to feature three black competitors.

Biles has always openly supported her teammate during that time, being the first to stand on the podium, all in black, during the floor exercise final, together with her and Brazilian Rebecca Andrade.

The controversy has led to international criticism of the judges who judged the event. The Center of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) issued a joint statement on August 15 condemning the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the judges for the outcome.

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August 5, 2024; Paris, France; Jordan Chiles of the United States competes in the floor exercise on the third day of the gymnastics final at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. (Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Sports)

“Had the FIG put in place such a mechanism or arrangement, much heartache would have been avoided,” the CAS ad hoc panel said in a press release. “The panel expresses its hope that the FIG will draw the consequences of this case in the future, with regard to these three extraordinary athletes and also for other athletes and their support staff, so that this never happens again.”

Since the floor final in Paris, it has been a point of emotional turmoil for both Americans and Romanians.

Barbosu had initially won the bronze medal on floor on Monday and began celebrating on the mat. But then U.S. coaches appealed to judges about Chiles’ score, and a review resulted in a 0.1-point increase, allowing Chiles to overtake Barbosu for the bronze medal.

The initial statement sparked a wave of backlash. Gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci condemned the score change on social media, and Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said he would Olympic Games in Paris‘ closing ceremony about the scoring decision.

Everything changed on the last day of the Olympics, just before the closing ceremony, when the CAS ruled that the event’s jury had wrongly allowed an investigation that increased Chiles’ score. The next day, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) decided that Chiles had to return the medal.

Chiles became only the third gymnast in history to lose an Olympic medal, the other two being Dong Fangxiao of China and Andreea Răducan of Romania, who both lost their medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

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Silver medalist Simone Biles (left) and bronze medalist Jordan Chiles (right) of Team United States celebrate their participation in the women’s floor exercise final on day ten of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on August 5, 2024 in Paris, France. (Xavier Laine/Getty Images)

Răducan’s individual all-around gold medal was stripped after she tested positive for a banned substance found in cold pills given to her by a team doctor. China’s team all-around bronze was stripped after it emerged that Dong was only 14 years old in Sydney, two years too young to compete.

Meanwhile, on August 16, Barbosu received her own official bronze medal and expressed her condolences to Chiles.

“I can’t help but think about Sabrina and Jordan right now,” Barbosu says said in a statement. “It is a difficult situation for us, with so many uncertainties and overwhelming emotions. I hope everyone understands that we did nothing wrong at the Olympic Games. And that the Olympic spirit is more important than any misunderstanding between the authorities.

“I would like to believe that there will come a day when all three of us will receive a bronze medal.”

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