Ishmuratova: “I don’t see any logic in appealing to the FFKKR and the ROC. There’s almost no chance.”

Double Olympic biathlon champion Svetlana Ichmouratova told that she saw no logic in appealing the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) against the decision of the International Skating Union (ISU).

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced on Monday the registration of four appeals against the ISU’s decision to redistribute the medals of the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games: from the ROC, from the FFKKR, from the skaters Russians and Canada. Skating Federation.

– There is little chance. In my opinion, there are practically none. An athlete participating in the team discipline was disqualified. I don’t see the logic in appealing, but I hope that the ROC and FFKKR know and understand what they are doing,” Ishmuratova told .

At the end of January, the CAS suspended Kamila Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules. The 17-year-old Russian’s suspension period begins on December 25, 2021, and her results have been canceled since that date. The athlete’s sample contained banned trimetazidine.

The CAS decision led to a review of the results of the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Games, in which the Russian team won. First place is now awarded to the American team, the Japanese are second, the Russians will receive bronze. The Canadians took fourth place.