“Russian figure skaters are deservedly Olympic champions in the team tournament of the 2022 Games” – FFKKR on ISU decision

The Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) said it still considers Russian athletes who participated in the team tournament at the 2022 Beijing Games as Olympic champions.

On Monday, the CAS suspended Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules (trimetazidine, a banned drug). The disqualification period begins on December 25, 2021. On Tuesday, the International Skating Union (ISU) announced that all of the athlete’s results since the sample collection date had been canceled. 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, the Russians will receive bronze, the Canadians remain in fourth position and will not receive a medal.

— We were and remain with our athletes. We trust their purity and honesty. We express our full support to all team members who represented our country at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing and who are deservedly the winners of the team figure skating tournament, and the skaters are Olympic champions », Indicates a press release on the FFKKR website.

The award ceremony for the winners of the team tournament has not yet taken place.