Swiss Federal SC Accepts Jordan Chiles Revision Request

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court has accepted the requests for revision filed by gymnast Jordan Chiles and USA Gymnastics against the arbitral award issued in August 2024 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). In a press release on the judgment of January 23, 2026, the Swiss Federal SC acknowledged that the new evidence of audio-visual recording discovered after the CAS award may justify a modification of the contested award. However, the appeal filed by Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, who had finished fifth and also contested the bronze award, was dismissed.

At the Paris Olympics 2024, Jordan Chiles initially received the fourth-place score, but after a complaint from her coach on-site, her score was revised, and she was awarded the bronze medal. However, the initial third scorer, Ana Maria Barbosu, appealed to the ad hoc chamber of the CAS, arguing that Chiles’ complaint had been lodged after the one-minute deadline stipulated in the applicable regulations had expired. The CAS panel ruled that the complaint was delayed and hence the bronze should go to Ana Maria Barbosu. Chiles filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court, challenging the independence and impartiality of one of the three CAS arbitrators, as well as seeking revision of the arbitral award.

The Supreme Court rejected the appeal regarding the arbitrator’s lack of independence and impartiality but accepted the request for revision.

The fifth scorer, Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, had also filed an appeal to the CAS ad hoc chamber contesting the bronze, citing that the penalty imposed on her was unjustified since she had not left the boundaries of the floor. The CAS ruled that it could not review the penalty imposed on her. She then requested a revision with the Swiss Federal Supreme Court; however, the court rejected the request, ruling that the question fell within the category of non-justiciable rules of the game rather than reviewable legal rules.