Athletistic/Figure skating. Irina Rodnina, three-time Olympic champion and deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, expressed her opinion on filing an appeal against the decision of the International Skating Union (ISU) regarding the redistribution of medals of the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games. Games at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The CAS on Monday accepted four appeals against the ISU’s decision to redistribute medals from the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympics: from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR), Russian figure skaters and the Canadian Figure Skating Federation. Federation.

“There is no point in considering the appeals – CAS and ISU will not change their decision. We must move forward and learn from the situation. But it is better not to expect justice from these organizations,” said Rodnina in an interview with RB Sport. .

At the end of January, the CAS suspended Kamila Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules. The 17-year-old Russian figure skater’s disqualification took effect on December 25, 2021, and her results from that date were canceled due to the discovery of the banned substance trimetazidine in her sample.

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