CAS rejects appeals to strip Russian figure skaters of 2022 Olympic team gold
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected appeals filed by Russians to strip figure skaters of their gold medals in the team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the organization’s website reported.
It is specified that the hearings took place on July 12. The commission came to the conclusion that the International Skating Union (ISU) made the right decision regarding the Russian team.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the Russian Figure Skating Federation (RFSF), as well as figure skaters Alexander Galliamov, Anastasia Mishina, Nikita Katsalapov, Victoria Sinitsina, Mark Kondratyuk and Kamila Valieva wanted to challenge the ISU decision.
On January 29, CAS disqualified Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules. Traces of the banned drug trimetazidine were found in the skater’s sample from December 2021. The disqualification period begins on December 25, 2021. All of the athlete’s results from that date were annulled. In particular, Valieva and her teammates on the Russian national team were stripped of their gold for winning the team tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games.
Source: Lenta
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