Controversy Surrounding Jordan Childs’ Bronze Medal: A Closer Look

Because of this morning, the IOC made the decision to strip Jordan Childs of her bronze medal for her individual floor routine. This was due to the coaches being four seconds late when it came to inquiring about her difficulty level of the routine. Well, USA Gym posted this on their Instagram and it reads, USA Gymnastics on Sunday formally submitted a letter and video evidence to the Court of Appropriations for Sport conclusively establishing that head coach Cecile Landis’ request to file an inquiry was submitted 47 seconds after the publishing of the score within the one minute deadline required by the FIG rule. In the letter, USA Gymnastics’ request that the CAS ruling be revised and Childs’ bronze medal score of 13.766 reinstated. The basis for the CAS ruling on Friday striking down the inquiry was that the inquiry submitted on behalf of Ms. Jordan Childs in the final of the women’s floor exercise was raised after the conclusion of the one minute deadline provided by Article 8.5 of the 2024 FIG technical regulation and is determined to be without effect. The timestamp video evidence submitted by USA Gymnastics Sunday evening shows Landis first stated her request to file an inquiry at the inquiry table 47 seconds after the score is posted, followed by a second statement 55 seconds after the score was originally posted. The video footage provided was not available to the USA Gymnastics prior to the tribunal’s decision and thus USAG did not have the opportunity to previously submit it. What do you guys think about this? I want to know your thoughts in the comment section.