“Canadians will still have to defend their position in the legal battle before the CAS, to the extent that the ISU decision applies to them” – sports lawyer

Anna Antseliovich, head of sports practice at legal group Clover Consult, told that the Canadian Figure Skating Federation (Skate Canada) has not yet defended its position before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), currently which concerns the decision. of the International Skating Union (ISU) applies to them on the distribution of medals for team tournaments at the 2022 Olympic Games.

Earlier Friday, Skate Canada announced it would appeal the ISU’s decision regarding the redistribution of medals for the team event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

— Considering the fact that the statement refers to the application of the article of the ISU anti-doping rules regarding the annulment of results associated with a positive doping test, then, most likely, the Canadians meant that they would appeal to CAS.

It is likely that the Russian Olympic Committee will also appeal the ISU’s decision, as it mentioned earlier. Furthermore, Canadians will still have to defend their position in the legal battle before the CAS, to what extent such a decision by the ISU applies to them and, therefore, whether they have the right to appeal it, since They occupy fourth place in the ranking. team tournament and remained in this position.

Apparently, the status of other people will now be determined as part of this procedure or during the consolidation of a number of cases if the ROC appeals the ISU decision. These are lengthy procedural matters; the entire case is unlikely to be reviewed quickly, as this requires the consent of all parties. If it succeeds, the case can be examined within a month, but such an agreement is rarely obtained. In general, the CAS can consider a case for a very long time – from several months to a year or even more,” Antseliovich told .

At the end of January, the CAS suspended Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules. Valieva’s dismissal 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 and the Russians will receive bronze. Team Canada remained fourth.

The ISU later announced that the decision regarding the team tournament was based on a comprehensive expert evaluation and was fully in line with the CAS verdict.