“The best thing you can do now is pray that the bronze medal in the 2022 Olympic team tournament is not taken away from us” – Leonova

2012 World Championships silver medalist in women’s singles Alena Leonova told that we must now pray that Russian figure skaters retain the bronze medals in the team tournament at the 2022 Games.

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

On Thursday, CAS announced that it had rejected appeals by skaters from ROC, FFKKR and Russia against the ISU’s decision to redistribute the medals from the team tournament at the Beijing Games following the disqualification. Kamila Valieva . In January, the ISU annulled Valieva’s results and moved the Russian team from first to third place. That left the U.S. team in first place and the Japanese team in second. Team Canada, which became the fourth to appeal the ISU decision to CAS, is also aiming for the bronze medal.

— It’s hard to say anything, I just want to support the guys who were left without a gold medal. The best thing to do now is to pray that the bronze will not be taken away from us. There is nothing else to say but disappointment. At first I said that this whole story is confusing, incomprehensible, everything drags on, it’s dull. Some people are upset that Russia is a great power, “Leonova told .

In late January, CAS suspended Valieva for four years for an anti-doping rule violation. The Russian’s suspension period begins on December 25, 2021, and her results have been void since that date.

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