The Canadian Olympic Committee wanted to take away the team tournament bronze from Russia
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) wanted to take away the bronze medal in the team figure skating tournament from Russia from the 2022 Games. This is reported on the organization’s website.
Canada condemned the verdict of the International Skating Union (ISU) on the redistribution of medals. “We do not believe the ISU statement provides further clarity or justification and continue to believe the Canadian team should be awarded the bronze medal,” the COC said, adding that it was exploring options to appeal.
On January 30, the ISU decided to redistribute the Olympic team tournament medals due to the disqualification and cancellation of the results of Russian Kamila Valieva. The Russian team moved from first to third place, gold went to the USA, silver to Japan. If the Russian team had been disqualified, Canada would have won the bronze.
On January 29, Valieva was disqualified for four years for violating anti-doping rules. The period of suspension is counted from the moment the sample is taken – December 25, 2021. The fact that traces of the banned drug trimetazidine were found in it became known after the end of the team tournament at the Beijing Games.
Source: Lenta
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