Jordan Chiles Turns To Biglaw To Continue The Fight Over Olympic Bronze Medal
The firm has already filed an appeal in the Olympic-sized injustice.
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In one of the most shocking and controversial Olympic moments in a generation, U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles was stripped of her bronze medal in the floor exercise. The Court of Arbitration for Sport made the largely unprecedented move after ruling Chiles’s scoring inquiry into her floor routine (which gave her the extra tenths necessary to secure the bronze medal) came four seconds too late (despite video evidence USA Gymnastics claims to have that the inquiry was received within the prescribed time). Chiles has hired which Biglaw firm, along with Zurich-headquartered firm Homburger AG, who has already filed appeal of the decision with the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland?
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Hint: The partner leading the case has experience arguing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and said of Chiles’s case, “Every part of the Olympics, including the arbitration process, should stand for fair play.”
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