Bestemyanova called Canada’s desire to take Olympic bronze from Russia ridiculous
Olympic ice dancing champion Natalya Bestemyanova appreciated the decision of the Canadian Figure Skating Federation and the country’s Olympic Committee to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the decision to award Russia bronze medals at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Her words are reported by RIA Novosti.
Bestmyanova noted that she did not perceive the desire of the Canadian side in any way and that it made her laugh. “Everyone does what they think is necessary. We can’t stop them from doing this. This is funny, well, if they want it, let them serve it. How can we respond to this? No way. Our gold medals were taken away. What, now look back at fourth place? – she said.
The intention of the Canadian Figure Skating Federation to file an appeal against the redistribution of awards for the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing became known on February 16. “While we respect the decisions made by the International Skating Union (ISU), we do not agree with the conclusion they reached,” the organization said.
On January 30, the ISU redistributed the medals of the Olympic team tournament due to the disqualification and cancellation of the results of Russian Kamila Valieva. The Russian team remained the winner of the competition, moving 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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