“Even without Valieva’s result, we are third in terms of points. If Canadians want to escape the rules…” – Rodnina on Canada’s call

Even without results Kamila Valieva In the team tournament of the 2022 Olympic Games, the Russian team is third, the International Skating Union (ISU) has its own rules, so the Canadians can only wait for the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the three-time Olympic figure skating champion told Irina Rodnina .

In late January, CAS disqualified Russian Kamila Valieva for four years for an anti-doping rule violation. The 17-year-old Russian’s ineligibility period begins on December 25, 2021, and her results have been void since that date. The court’s decision led to a review of the results of the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympic 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 Canadian team took fourth place in the tournament, the Canadians have appealed the results of the review. As CAS told , the review of the appeal by the Canadian Figure Skating Federation will take place on July 22.

– Let the Canadians wait. The International Federation has clearly shown how it fights. Valieva’s result was canceled, even without that we are in the top three in terms of points.

— How would you generally assess this desire not to access medals on the basis of sporting principles? It seems like they should be embarrassed by it themselves.

– Well, that’s what we think, but the Canadians think that they will be with them on a sporting basis. It’s, you know, like in bobsleigh, if one of the two or three is caught doping, the whole result is nullified. Their logic probably goes something like this. But there is something else: in football, it’s not the team that is punished, but the player who is punished. Here, therefore, each federation adopts its own rules. Well, if they want to go outside the rules… The International Federation has already punished Kamila, the final result is in the protocol.

— For you, if that happens, will the Canadian bronze be fair?

— The question of honesty is widely debated. But we also had an athlete with a banned drug, is it a question of honesty?

– Without a doubt. First of all, in front of society.

– Well, they have their own position on honesty, the ISU has its own clear arguments and rules, we have our own truth. Now let all this be decided by the CAS, where there will be an arbitration court. We will see what will happen in July. There is not much time left to wait, “Rodnina told .

In February, CAS announced the registration of four appeals against the ISU’s decision regarding the redistribution of medals from the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games: from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR), the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR), skaters and the Canadian Figure Skating Federation.

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