“The ISU won’t give the Canadians bronze, but they’re unlikely to give Russia gold either” – Zhurova on medals for the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympics

The International Skating Union (ISU) is unlikely to change its decision on the redistribution of medals in the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympics, Canadians should not count on bronze, but it is unlikely Russia likely to return gold, Olympic champion and State Duma deputy told Svetlana Jourova.

Skate Canada announced Friday that it will appeal the ISU’s decision to redistribute the Beijing Olympic bronze medal in the figure skating team event.

— The Canadians will appeal, we can also appeal, because the first place was not taken away from us in a very legal way. There were precedents when the Americans received the gold medal.

I think the ISU will not give the bronze medal to the Canadians, but they are unlikely to return the gold to us if we file a protest against their decision,” Zhurova 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.