Tarasova on the appeal to the CAS for the team figure skating tournament: “This will not lead to the return of gold”

Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova told that she saw no point in appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Skating Union’s (ISU) decision to redistribute prize money from the Olympics team tournament of Beijing 2022.

The CAS announced on Monday the registration of four appeals against the ISU decision on the redistribution of medals for the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games: from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), from the Russian Federation of Figure Skating (FFKKR), Russian Figure Skaters, and the Canadian Figure Skating Federation.

“We don’t do anything ourselves.” That means someone gave them the idea. This means the skaters think it’s okay.

This will not lead to the return of gold. I reason logically: if Kamila is not in the right place, then the number of points is only for bronze. All. But Kamila’s case is already finished, so why file it? – Tarasova 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.