The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) voided an on-floor appeal by Chiles' coach that vaulted her to third, saying the appeal came 4 seconds beyond the 1-minute time limit for scoring inquiries
I’ve gone searching for more answers. So far, have not found an explanation as to the main part of this, but did find some people suggesting that either Chiles’ appeal did not come 4 seconds late, or that at the very least there is insufficient evidence to confidently declare that it did come late.
4 seconds should be within the “margin or error” anyway, unless there is literally a visible appeals timer running, and an appeals button which stops it.
It can very easily be 4 seconds from the time someone calls for your attention, explains themselves in brief, and the time is recorded. That’s assuming everyone agrees on exactly when the countdown starts in the first place.
I’ve gone searching for more answers. So far, have not found an explanation as to the main part of this, but did find some people suggesting that either Chiles’ appeal did not come 4 seconds late, or that at the very least there is insufficient evidence to confidently declare that it did come late.
4 seconds should be within the “margin or error” anyway, unless there is literally a visible appeals timer running, and an appeals button which stops it.
It can very easily be 4 seconds from the time someone calls for your attention, explains themselves in brief, and the time is recorded. That’s assuming everyone agrees on exactly when the countdown starts in the first place.