The Court of Arbitration for Sport has condemned “outrageous allegations” that it was biased in its decision not to reconsider stripping US gymnast Jordan Chiles of her Olympic bronze medal.

The International Gymnastics Federation (pictured) has upgraded Romania’s Ana Barbosu from fourth to third place in the women’s floor final at Paris 2024 following a CAS decision.

The CAS upheld an appeal by the Romanian Olympic Committee that a request by the US team regarding Chile’s score was outside the one-minute time limit for such appeals and should be disregarded.

USA Gymnastics attempted to get CAS to reconsider its decision, citing new video evidence that proved the appeal was timely, but on Monday they announced the request had been denied.

According to reports in the US media, the chairman of the CAS panel that decided the case is said to have had ties to Romania.

But on Wednesday, the CAS published the written reasons for its decision not to reconsider the verdict.

“The CAS condemns the outrageous statements in certain US media alleging that the panel, and in particular its chair, is biased due to other professional obligations or for reasons of nationality,” it said.

“Since none of the parties involved in this case challenged any member of the panel during the proceedings, it can be assumed that all parties were satisfied with the hearing of their case by this panel. Any subsequent criticism is without merit or merit.”

In the final, the 23-year-old from Chile was promoted from fifth to third place after her coach Cecile Landi increased her level of difficulty.

The Romanian Olympic Committee successfully appealed to CAS on the grounds that the request was “untimely” because it was submitted four seconds after the one-minute deadline had expired.

On Sunday, USA Gymnastics sent a letter and video to CAS showing that Landis’ request for an investigation was submitted 47 seconds after the result was released, and said she submitted a second response 55 seconds after the result was originally released.

However, on Wednesday the CAS stated that no further evidence had been presented prior to the hearing.

“At the hearing, there was no dispute between the parties that Ms. Chiles’ request was submitted one minute and four seconds after her score was officially displayed on the scoreboard,” Cas said.

“All parties have accepted the report prepared by Omega, the Official Timekeeper of the Olympic Games, as clear and conclusive. No party has requested the admission of further evidence.”

It continues: “The panel is fully aware of the disappointment that this decision-making process may cause.

“The panel simply wishes to point out that its task is to rule on the law and evidence before it. In this case, both aspects are perfectly clear with regard to the one-minute rule and its application to the circumstances of this case.”