Honored coach of Russia in figure skating Inna Goncharenko told that the Russian team should fight for the medals received at the team tournament at the Beijing Olympics.
Skate Canada announced Friday that it will appeal a decision by the International Skating Union (ISU) regarding the redistribution of medals for the team event at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games.
“This could happen as a fan after the negative decision in the Valieva case.” Unfortunately, we are seeing a trend in this direction. We have to fight for what is ours,” Goncharenko told .
At the end of January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (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.
Source : MatchTV
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