Figure skater Zhou said his heart goes out to Canadians who were left without a medal at the 2022 Olympics.

American figure skater Vincent Zhou said his heart goes out to Canadians who were left without medals in the team tournament at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing.

The Russian team won the team tournament, but after Kamila Valieva was disqualified for an anti-doping rule violation, the results of the competition were revised. The International Skating Union (ISU), after canceling Valieva’s results, placed the American team in first place, the Japanese team in second place, and the Russian team was supposed to receive bronze. Team Canada, which finished fourth, also won third place by appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the ISU decision. CAS rejected the Canadian side’s appeal, the Russians retained the bronze medal.

On Wednesday, American and Japanese figure skaters received gold and silver medals at the Parc des Champions in Paris; the Russians did not participate in the awards ceremony.

“It’s more than I could ever dream of. At work, he told me I was going to Paris to receive an Olympic gold medal. After this ceremony, everything is put back in its place,” a correspondent reported Zhou’s remarks.

“I sympathize with them with all my heart,” Zhou said when asked what he could say to the Canadian team skaters.

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