American, two-time Olympic figure skating champion Nathan Chen After the medal ceremony of the team tournament of the 2022 Olympic Games, he discussed the situation with the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva .
The medal ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Olympic team tournament involving the United States and Japan took place on Wednesday at the Parc des Champions in Paris. The Russian team won the team tournament at the Games, but after Valieva was disqualified for an anti-doping rule violation, the results of the competition were revised. The International Skating Union (ISU) placed the American team in first place, the Japanese team in second place, and the Russian team was supposed to receive bronze; it did not participate in the awards by decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
— If Kamila Valieva were standing in front of you, what would you say?
– Again, none of this is up to me. I spend my whole life planning, training, focusing on the things I have to do. She’s not even one of my competitors. I’m just focused on what I have to do to be the best on the ice. Then, after the Olympics, we focused on sharing this moment as a team.
– But on a personal level, are you sorry that everything happened this way?
– Of course, but again, I am completely focused on myself. And what happens to other athletes is beyond my area of interest, – a correspondent reports, reporting Chen’s words.
In late January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended Valieva for four years for an anti-doping rule violation. The 18-year-old Russian’s suspension period begins on December 25, 2021, and her results have been void since that date.
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