The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee has decided not to hold the awards ceremony for the medalists of the figure skating team tournament at the Beijing Olympics. This was reported on the IOC website.
The winner of the team tournament was the Russian team, in which Kamila Valieva performed. After the end of the competition, it became known that a banned substance was found in the doping test, which was taken from the athlete back in December. She has not yet been convicted of an anti-doping rule violation. But Valieva had to seek admission to the individual Olympic tournament for women through sports arbitration.
“In the interests of fairness to all athletes and the NOCs concerned, it would not be appropriate to hold the medal ceremony in the team figure skating competition during the Beijing Olympic Games, as it would involve an athlete who, on the one hand, has a positive doping test. Ah, but whose anti-doping rule violation, on the other hand, has not yet been established, ”the message says.
The IOC will not award medals to Valieva. The main thing at the Olympics Olympics 2022 In addition, the IOC said that if Valieva gets on the podium in the individual tournament in Beijing, then the award ceremony will also not take place. The IOC promises, in agreement with the relevant athletes and NOCs, to "organize a worthy awards ceremony" once Valieva's case is completed.
The IOC, the International Skating Union (ISU) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) filed appeals against the decision of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to remove the temporary suspension from the skater. However, the exit panel of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) took the side of RUSADA and allowed Valieva to compete in the individual tournament.
The awards ceremony following the results of the team tournament was postponed several times due to the situation with Valieva. CAS made a decision only on the admission of the skater, the court did not consider the issue of medals. Further proceedings on the doping test will be handled by RUSADA.
The short program will be skated in Beijing on February 15, and the free program on February 17.
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