Honored coach of the USSR Tatiana Tarasova has no doubt that Russian athletes will be allowed to participate in the 2026 Olympic Games, which will be held in Italy.
In February, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced the registration of four appeals against the ISU decision on the redistribution of medals from the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games: from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC ), the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR), Russian figure skaters, as well as the Canadian Figure Skating Federation. On June 10, it became known that the hearings on the Russian side’s appeals would take place on June 12.
On Tuesday, ISU legal counsel Michael Gistlinger said CAS plans to hear Canada’s appeal regarding the redistribution of medals on July 22.
“It’s time for us to stop talking about this topic.” Who is interested in a medal from two years ago now? I propose to look forward to the next Olympics – how will we be there, what will we fight for, who is capable of fighting, what kind of team will we have, who will represent it, who will be the team leader? We face many questions that cannot be compared to those we are currently discussing.
— Are you sure we will be allowed to attend the next Winter Olympics in Italy?
“I don’t even doubt it,” Tarasova told .
At the end of January, the CAS suspended Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules. The Russian’s suspension period begins on December 25, 2021 and her results have been canceled since that date. The athlete’s sample contained the banned drug trimetazidine.
The CAS decision led to a review of the results of the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Games, where the Russian team won. First place is now awarded to the American team, the Japanese are second and the Russians will receive bronze. The Canadians took fourth place.
The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in Italy.
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