Athletistic/Figure skating. Yana Rudkovskaya, co-owner and producer of Plushenko’s Academy of Angels, expressed support for the Russian figure skating team at the Beijing Olympics, whose results were revised after Kamila Valieva was disqualified for doping.

On Monday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in Valieva’s case, finding her guilty of violating anti-doping rules and imposing a 4-year ban from the date of her doping test on December 25, 2021. On Tuesday, the International Skating Union (ISU) canceled all results of the Russian figure skater’s performances for the specified period, including participation in the Olympics and gold medal at the 2022 European Championships. These changes also resulted in a review of the results of the 2022 Olympics team tournament, where the Russian team initially won first place. Now gold will be awarded to the American team, silver to the Japanese, and Russian athletes will receive bronze medals.

“I’m really sorry for the guys, it’s really hard.” The question of which of them will be able to recover or even just participate in the 2026 Olympics is on the agenda. A consoling bronze – at least some recognition. They could well deprive him of it.

When we look at little Sanka (Gnome Gnomych), we wonder what his generation will have in the world of sport. These children see nothing in their childhood and youth other than ice cream and the gym.

One mistake can destroy the dreams of an entire team, towards which they have pursued their entire adult life in sports! You become the best in the team, with the best – as was the case in 2014 in Sochi, where for the first time in the history of Russia the team won this tournament, but in the end you only get than bronze!

Unfortunately, an Olympic bronze medalist cannot be an Olympic champion! I’m really sorry guys. “I know them all personally and I am sure they were the best of the best in Beijing,” Rudkovskaya wrote.

  • Bestemyanova appreciated the ISU’s decision to review the results of the team figure skating tournament at the Beijing Games


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