Athletistic/Figure skating. The 1988 Olympic champion in ice dancing, Natalya Bestemyanova, appreciated the deprivation of gold from the Russian team in the team competition at the Beijing Olympics due to the disqualification of Kavila Valieva.

On Monday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules. On Tuesday, the International Skating Union (ISU) announced the cancellation of all results of the athlete’s performances from December 2021. This also involved a review of the results of the 2022 Olympics team tournament, where the Russian team initially won. First place is now awarded to the American team, the Japanese are second and the Russians third.

“I had anticipated that if Kamila was punished, then we would be completely deprived of medals. But in a situation where third place is awarded, it is equivalent to losing gold! None of our athletes feel joy. Everyone was motivated to win gold medals. Sad and pathetic. But it was clear to everyone that we had the strongest team. We are superior to everyone!
In my opinion, no one is stopping Kamila from continuing her training at the rink and she is allowed to participate in commercial shows. We will follow his successes and rejoice. She will succeed,” Bestemyanova noted in an interview with Sport24.

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