Her:USA Gymnastics claims a new video demonstrates that Jordan Chiles’s inquiry was submitted on time.

The story surrounding Jordan Chiles’ bronze medal in gymnastics at the Olympics has taken a significant turn once again.

New video evidence, released by USA Gymnastics on Sunday, demonstrates that Chiles’ coach, Cecile Landi, filed an inquiry about her performance in the women’s floor exercise final before the one-minute deadline – precisely 47 seconds after her score was revealed.

In a statement, the governing body claimed that it has sent the footage and an official letter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in an effort to get Chiles’ score of 13.766 reinstated and her bronze medal from the 2024 Olympics in Paris kept.

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A representative for USA Gymnastics stated that the organization was unable to offer any further details on the film, including its source, because of CAS appeals confidentiality laws.

A message requesting comment was not immediately answered by a CAS spokeswoman. And regardless of whether CAS reviews its decision, the International Olympic Committee did not promptly respond to an email inquiring as to whether the possession of such video would change its decision to revoke Chiles’ gold.

The latest footage adds to the drama surrounding the women’s floor exercise final at Bercy Arena earlier this week, where Chiles beat Romania’s Ana Barbosu in the last moments of the competition after an appeal about her score.

Before Chiles’ coaches filed an inquiry with the judging panel, she had a score of 13.666. They claimed that Chiles shouldn’t have had her tour jete full, or split jump, deducted by a tenth of a point from her difficulty score. Chiles was awarded the Olympic medal after the judges decided to raise her score to 13.766, shocking Barbosu, who had received a score of 13.700.

Later, the Romanian Gymnastics Federation appealed to CAS, stating that Landi’s submission of the investigation into Chile’s score was made exactly four seconds longer than the one-minute time limit allowed for such probes. She received a new score of 13.666 when CAS agreed and used that information as the foundation for its decision on Saturday.

The CAS ruling set off a cascade of procedural events that ultimately led the IOC to declare that Chiles’ bronze medal would be taken away and awarded to Barbosu.

Therefore, the only thing at stake is time: a mere 17 seconds might determine whether Chiles retains her maiden individual Olympic medal.

The Romanian Gymnastics Federation did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday, and the CAS verdict did not clarify how the federation arrived at the conclusion that the investigation had been four seconds late.

A gymnast’s coach may submit a score inquiry at any time up until the next gymnast begins their routine, per the International Gymnastics Federation’s technical requirements for competition. As Chiles participated in Monday’s floor final, the final athlete of a group or rotation, there is a different rule that gives the coach only one minute “after the score is shown on the scoreboard.”

According to USA Gymnastics, Jordan Chiles’ score inquiry was made on time, and there is video proof to support it.

Jordan Chiles appeared to be working feverishly to hold onto her bronze medal in the floor exercise at the Olympics in Paris on behalf of USA Gymnastics.

Chiles’ score was adjusted by 0.1 points, according to a statement released by the American Gymnastics Federation on Sunday. The statement included fresh video footage demonstrating that an inquiry was conducted within the required International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) deadline to the judges.

With the change in scoring, Chiles went from fifth to third position. Ana Barbosu, a Romanian gymnast, was eliminated from the podium. The Center of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) received a complaint from the Romanian Gymnastics Federation, and the arbiter decided that Chiles’ score should return to 13.666 because the US investigation was four seconds late.

Chiles should return her medal, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) declared early on Sunday.

USA Gymnastics asked CAS to restore Chiles’ 13.766 bronze medal winning score.