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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) maintains its decision that Romanian Ana Bărbosu legitimately took third place in floor gymnastics at the Olympic Games in Paris.

As a result of this decision, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) asked American gymnast Jordan Chiles to return the bronze medal originally awarded to her.

In a press release on Wednesday, the CAS stressed that there was never any dispute during the hearing with Romanian and US officials about USA Gymnastics (USAG) missing the one-minute deadline to challenge Chile’s score in the floor exercise.

The Olympic judges had initially corrected Chile’s score, awarded her the bronze medal and pushed Bărbosu off the podium.

“At the hearing, there was no dispute between the parties that Ms Chiles’ request was submitted 1 minute and 4 seconds after her score was officially displayed on the scoreboard,” the CAS press release said.

“All parties accepted the report prepared by Omega, the official timekeeper of the Olympic Games, and presented by the FIG itself as clear and conclusive. No party requested the admission of further evidence.”

USAG had previously stated that it had only come into possession of the video, which it said proved that its request was submitted just 47 seconds after the CAS had already made its decision.

“The video footage provided was not available to USA Gymnastics prior to the tribunal’s decision and therefore USAG had no opportunity to submit it beforehand,” USAG said Sunday.

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and USAG also now claim that the CAS initially sent “crucial communications” to the wrong email addresses, which is why the parties were unable to adequately prepare for the hearing.

“The USOPC vigorously contests the CAS decision based on significant procedural errors,” the USOPC told CNN on Thursday. “From August 6 to August 9, the CAS sent important communications to incorrect email addresses at the USOPC and USAG, an error that was not corrected until August 9 – three days after filing, two days after the deadline to file objections, and less than 24 hours before the hearing.”

“As a result, we did not have enough time to respond sensibly or to gather the necessary evidence. We immediately informed CAS of our objections.”

Both parties state that they will continue to appeal the matter.

“Our pursuit of the truth in this matter remains steadfast,” the USOPC said.

Chiles wrote on Instagram on Thursday that she was “overwhelmed” by the love and support she had received in the aftermath.

“I am incredibly grateful to my family, teammates, coaches, fans, USAG and the USOPC for their unwavering support during this difficult time,” she wrote.

“I am at a loss for words. This decision feels unfair and is a heavy blow, not only for me but for everyone who has supported me on my journey,” Chiles continued. “I have put my heart and soul into this sport and I am so proud to represent my culture and my country.”

“I will tackle this challenge like others and do everything I can to ensure justice is done.”

On Monday, the USAG said it would “continue to pursue all possible options and appeals, including before the Swiss Federal Court, to ensure fair scoring, ranking and medal awarding for Jordan.”

The national arbitration association has also raised concerns about Dr. Hamid G. Gharavi, who has represented Romania in previous arbitrations and is now chairing the CAS panel. CAS says none of the parties involved objected to Gharavi’s appointment to the panel, but USAG claims it was never informed of his ties to Romania.

“CAS has not provided the panelists’ conflict of interest disclosures to USA Gymnastics, nor have we seen the disclosures to date,” the statement said.

Last week, Chiles posted four broken heart emojis on her Instagram story and explained that she was “taking this time and stepping away from social media for mental health reasons.”