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Court Rules In Favor Of Romanian Gymnasts On Olympics Inquiry. (www.rferl.org)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

In a decision Saturday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said that Chiles' inquiry had indeed been filed too late. Gymnastics rules require that inquiries be filed within one minute; Chiles' inquiry was filed after one minute and four seconds. With the inquiry vacated, her score was reverted to 13.666.

From https://www.npr.org/2024/08/10/g-s1-16471/american-gymnast-jordan-chiles-olympic-bronze-ruling

Jesus Christ.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I think rejecting it there would have been fine, I guess, if that's the rule.

Once they took the appeal it's silly for it not to stand.

[–] incogtino 6 points 3 months ago

"The Romanian protest had also asked that all three athletes be ranked together in 3rd place..."

The Romanian appeal was grounded in the established rules, and it would be hard to say they weren't being good sports about it