Zhulin on Canadians’ decision to appeal redistribution of 2022 Olympic medals among figure skaters in the “team” category: “Scum comes from everywhere”

Honored coach of Russia Alexandre Jouline told he was not surprised by the Canadian Figure Skating Federation’s (Skate Canada) decision to protest the redistribution of medals from the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympics.

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.

– That doesn’t surprise me. The scum come from everywhere. Of course, everything would be fine with them if there were no Russians at all. They would then have won third place. In my opinion, we won first place without a doubt,” Zhulin 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.