Canada will protest the ISU’s decision to award the Olympic bronze to Russia

The Canadian Figure Skating Federation has responded to the International Skating Union’s decision to award Russia bronze in the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympics.

The organization disagreed with this decision and will appeal it. This is stated in the statement.

“Figure Skating Canada is deeply disappointed with the International Skating Union’s position regarding the long-awaited awards of team figure skating medals at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that in addition to a four-year ban from competition, the ban included the “disqualification of all competition results” achieved by Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva since she tested positive test.

In its recent decision, the ISU did not apply Rule 353, which states that “athletes who have completed a competition and were initially placed lower than a disqualified athlete shall be ranked accordingly.”

“Figure Skating Canada strongly disagrees with the ISU’s position on this issue and will consider all options to appeal this decision,” the federation said.

We remind you that CAS canceled the previous day all the results of figure skater Kamila Valieva, starting from December 25, 2021, due to her use of doping.

At the Olympics, she scored 20 points out of 74 total team points in the team figure skating competition. The ISU decided not to disqualify the entire Russian Olympic team, but only to remove Valieva’s points. Therefore, the team of the aggressor country dropped from first place to third.

At the same time, the Canadian team was one point short of receiving bronze.