Three-time Olympic figure skating champion and State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina said the International Skating Union had already made clear the principle by which the outcome of the 2022 Olympic team tournament is determined, and that there was no logic in the Canadian team’s call.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected the Canadian side’s appeal against the results of the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. The Russian athletes retained their bronze medal.
— You doubted that we would still have bronze? In general, on what basis could the court deprive Russia of these medals? We were stupid at first by appealing. Then the Canadians came for us. The International Skating Union (ISU) made it clear on what basis the result of the team tournament was determined. It was obvious that the bronze medals would remain with us and the Canadians would not take anything away from us. It is not clear what exactly they started to challenge. There was no logic in their appeal, “Rodnina told .
Earlier, the ISU redistributed the medals for the 2022 team tournament after Russia’s Kamila Valieva was disqualified for an anti-doping rule violation. In January, the ISU annulled Valieva’s results and moved the Russian team from first to third place. The U.S. team took first place and Japan took second. Team Canada, which placed fourth, also claimed third place by filing an appeal with CAS against the ISU decision.
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