Athletistic/Figure skating. Yolanda Chen, medalist of the World Championships in Athletics and sports commentator, expressed her opinion on the decision of the International Skating Union (ISU) to cancel the gold medals of Russian figure skaters in the team tournament of 2022 Olympic Games.

At the end of January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) found Kamila Valieva guilty of violating anti-doping rules and annulled all her results since December 25, 2021. As a result, the ISU recalculated the results of the team competition, removing the points from Valieva, which caused Russia to lose first place and the gold went to the American team.

“Winning bronze is not the worst result. Of course, this is incredibly disappointing. It is extremely unpleasant for me to listen to the statements of American figure skaters, they are absurd on this subject. You were given free gold – sit down and shut up!

Of course, I consider our team Olympic champions. However, I cannot recognize Kamila separately as champion. She is still a young girl and has not faced the enormous pressure placed on her. I am sure that these medications did not affect the results in any way. Kamila and all our athletes had a great tournament. No other team was so close to our level! – Chen cites Metaratings.ru.

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