“The ROC has a chance to challenge the ISU decision, but strong arguments are needed” – Rodnina

Irina Rodnina, three-time Olympic figure skating champion and State Duma deputy, believes that the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has the opportunity to appeal the decision of the International Skating Union (ISU) to redistribute the latest places in the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Beijing Games.

On Tuesday, the ISU annulled the results of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva due to doping. This also led to a review of the results of the 2022 Olympics team tournament, where the Russian team won. First place is now awarded to the American team, the Japanese are second and the Russians will receive bronze.

— There are chances to challenge the decision to deprive Russia of gold medals in the team tournament. But there must be convincing arguments for this. What we think is too little. Due to Valieva’s disqualification, all her results in individual and team competitions are voided. “I don’t know what arguments the Russian Olympic Committee will give when appealing this decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport,” Vprognoze.ru quotes Rodnina.

On Monday, the CAS issued a verdict in Valieva’s case; she was found guilty of violating anti-doping rules and was disqualified for 4 years from the date of the doping test – December 25, 2021. The ISU on Tuesday canceled all of the Russian’s results during this period, including including his performance at the Olympics and gold at the 2022 European Championship.

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