“All this news is so disgusting, I’m sick of reading it” – Butyrskaya on Skate Canada’s desire to challenge the Russian team’s medal at the Olympics

Women’s single skating world champion Maria Butyrskaya in a conversation with , she commented on the news regarding Canada’s desire to challenge the Russian team’s medal in the team tournament at the Beijing Olympics.

On Friday, Skate Canada announced it was filing an appeal against the International Skating Union’s (ISU) redistribution of medals for the team event at the 2022 Olympic Games. The ISU’s decision was made to the following the verdict of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. Initially, the Russian team was considered the winner of the Olympic tournament, but after a doping test, Valieva’s points were deducted and the Russian team fell to the third line in the protocol. Team Canada remained in fourth place.

“I just don’t have anything to say, because this news about our medals is so disgusting, I’m sick of reading them. We, ordinary people, know nothing and cannot even imagine how everything will turn out. The Olympic Games took place in China two years ago and the world continues to raise the question of the distribution of points and medals. “As for me, it’s no longer about sports,” Butyrskaya told .

At the end of January, the CAS suspended Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules and annulled all of the athlete’s results since December 25, 2021.

First place in the 2022 Olympics figure skating team tournament is now awarded to Team USA, with the Japanese women in second. The ISU said the decision to redistribute the awards was based on a comprehensive expert assessment and was fully in line with the CAS verdict.