Athletistic/Figure skating. 2006 Olympic champion and two-time world champion in ice dancing, Russian figure skater Roman Kostomarov expressed his opinion on the decision of the International Skating Union (ISU) to redistribute the medals of the Olympic team figure skating tournament of 2022 in Beijing. The Russian team was deprived of gold.

“The rules are the rules, that’s all,” Kostomarov said, as quoted by the TASS agency.

On January 29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended Valieva for four years. After the cancellation of Valieva’s results, the ISU deprived Russian skaters of gold in the team tournament of the 2022 Olympics. The gold medals will go to the American skaters, the silver to the Japanese team and the Russians will receive bronze.

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