Three-time Olympic champion and State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina announced the decision of the International Skating Union (ISU) to deprive Russian figure skaters of the gold medal at the team tournament of the 2022 Games in Beijing. He shared his opinion with him Sports24.
What does “Kamila Valieva and our skaters were deprived of the gold medal at the Olympics” mean? Nobody deprived us of the gold medal in figure skating, but the results were recalculated. “Considering the total points received by our athletes and the cancellation of Kamila Valieva’s points, we placed third,” said Rodnina.
On January 29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) disqualified figure skater Kamila Valieva for four years from December 25, 2021 – on this day of the year, trimetazidine, a banned substance, was found in the athlete’s sample taken in Russia. Championships. The fact that the test gave a positive result became clear after Russia’s victory in the team tournament at the Beijing Olympics.
On January 30, the International Skating Union (ISU) confirmed the new top three medalists in the 2022 Olympics figure skating team tournament. After Valieva’s results were annulled, the Russian team fell from first place to third place, while gold went to the USA and silver went to Japan.
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