Balancing act: CAS challenges and the 'field of play' doctrine in Olympic gymnastics (Chiles & Maneca-Voinea cases)
On 14 August, an ad hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) handed down its written decision[1] in relation to the highly controversial result of the Women’s Floor Exercise Final of the Paris Olympics Games, at which US gymnast Jordan Chiles was awarded the bronze medal. The CAS decision overturns that result, with the Panel partially upholding the challenge brought by the Romanian Gymnastic Federation and two Romanian gymnasts (the Applicants) against Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG).
This article reviews the decision, with a particular focus on the jurisprudence around assessing “field of play” decisions:
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- Tags: FIG | Gymnastics | Olympics | Paris 2024 | Romania | United States
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Irina Tuca
Irina is an Associate in BCLP's Business and Commercial Disputes team. She advises a variety of clients, from financial institutions to individuals, and has dealt with a range of general commercial and contractual disputes, as well as international arbitration, regulatory matters and contentious insurance disputes. Irina also has experience in more specific sectors, including sports, finance and fraud.
Andrew Street
Andrew is a Partner in the BCLP’s Business & Commercial Disputes Team and advises on a wide array of complex commercial disputes. He routinely acts on cases with an international dimension, many of which involve conflicts of law issues between different jurisdictions. Andrew has experience in high value corporate and shareholder disputes, civil fraud, and complex trusts disputes.
Andrew has specific expertise and experience in sports disputes and contentious regulatory and disciplinary matters in sport. He is a member of the Judicial Panels for the LTA and England Boxing, is a contributing author to the textbook ‘Football and the Law’ (Bloomsbury publishing), has been published by The Times on sports law issues, and was ranked by Chambers for sports law in 2022 and 2023.
