Russia want ice skating gold at CAS, Canada also appeal

Record ID: 1768626

  • Title: Russia want ice skating gold at CAS, Canada also appeal
  • Date: 26th February 2024
  • Summary: LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND (FILE - JANUARY 24, 2024) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT HEADQUARTERS VARIOUS OF SIGN ABOVE ENTRANCE, READING: "TAS / CAS" CAS SIGN ON WINDOW WITH ITS NAME WRITTEN IN FRENCH, ENGLISH AND SPANISH SIGN ABOVE ENTRANCE, READING: "TAS / CAS" CAS SIGN ON WALL WITH ITS NAME WRITTEN IN FRENCH, ENGLISH AND SPANISH SIGN, READING (Itali
  • Embargoed: 11th March 2024 15:17
  • Keywords: Beijing Olympics CAS Court of Arbitration for Sports Dmitry Peskov IOC International Olympic Committee Kamila Valieva ROC Russian Olympic Committee TAS Team USA doping ban figure skating gold medal gold medallist
  • Location: MOSCOW AND KAZAN, RUSSIA / BEIJING, CHINA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
  • City: MOSCOW AND KAZAN, RUSSIA / BEIJING, CHINA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Various
  • Topics: Figure Skating,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA005351326022024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The re-awarding of medals from the 2022 Winter Olympics is set to be delayed again after The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) registered four appeals in the doping case of disqualified Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva on Monday (February 26).
    CAS received three separate Russian appeals from the national Olympic body, the national skating federation and Valieva's team mates, calling for Russia's gold medal in the figure skating team event in Beijing to be reinstated, as well as a Canadian appeal seeking a ruling that would see the International Skating Union (ISU) upgrade Canada to third place in the re-rankings.
    Valieva received a four-year doping ban in late January, effective from December 2021, stripping the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) of the gold medal nearly two years after the competition.
    The ISU published an amended final points table that has the United States bumped up to gold with 65 points, Japan winning silver with 63 and Russia taking bronze with 54.
    It was thought that Canada, who finished fourth in the event, would be promoted to bronze but the ISU said the ROC total score even after Valieva's marks were erased was still a point better than the Canadians.
    Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, which prevents angina, at the Russian national championships in December 2021.
    The result was made known only after she competed in the team event in Beijing.
    (Production: Conal Quinn)
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