Bronze medalist at the 2009 Russian Figure Skating Championships Katharina Gerboldt has called Canada’s desire to appeal the redistribution of medals from the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympics unsportsmanlike conduct.
Skate Canada announced Friday that it will appeal the International Skating Union’s (ISU) decision to redistribute the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics in the figure skating team event.
“I expected such a decision.” Many Canadian athletes spoke about it very negatively. I think it was planned. Of course, we are for our athletes. This whole situation is unfair. The decision in the case of Kamila Valieva took a very long time, the child’s rights were violated. There are a lot of “buts” in this matter. For me, our guys will always remain Olympic champions.
It is likely that anyone who could hypothetically count on an Olympic medal would behave like the Canadians. For me, sport is sport, if you lose, then you lose. As they say, after a fight, you don’t wave your fists. It is unsportsmanlike behavior to walk around and beg for some sort of medal. Either you are the best and prove it in the arena, or you sit back and stay silent.
— Tatiana Anatolyevna (Tarasova) says it was not Russia that won the bronze medal. This is the decision of the ISU.
– I completely agree. I think it’s unfair that the gold medal was taken away from us. For me, this situation is out of the ordinary.
— If the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) decides to appeal the deprivation of our gold, is there a chance that it will be returned to us?
“I no longer understand where the world is going.” I won’t even guess what might happen. The world is definitely not on our side,” Gerboldt told .
At the end of January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for four years from December 25, 2021 for violating anti-doping rules, and her results for this period were annulled. The move led to a review of the results of the 2022 Olympics team tournament, where Valieva helped the Russian team win. 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.
Source : MatchTV
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