The Russian Olympic Committee sent a request to the IOC regarding the awards ceremony for figure skaters at the Beijing Olympics. This was stated by the Minister of Sports Oleg Matytsin in an interview with Rossiya 24.
“The Russian Olympic Committee has already sent a corresponding request for the award ceremony to be held, because this applies not only to Russian athletes, but also to representatives of other countries who participated in the competition and who are expected to be among the winners in single figure skating,” Matytsin said.
The head of the sports department expressed the hope that the opinion of the ROC would be taken into account. “And until the guilt and the objective circumstances of the case are not established, it is necessary to give an opportunity to hold the award ceremony,” he added.
Gold for Valieva after the trial. Announcement of the free program of figure skaters at the Olympics 2022 According to the head of the ROC Stanislav Pozdnyakov, the committee strongly disagrees with the decision of the IOC to consider the results of the team and individual women's figure skating competitions at the Beijing Olympics "preliminary".
Valieva as part of the Russian team won the team tournament at the Beijing Olympics. But after the end of the competition, it became known that a banned substance was found in her doping test, taken back in December last year. Valieva had to seek admission to the personal tournament in Beijing through the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
The IOC also announced that the awards ceremony following the results of the team tournament in Beijing will not take place due to the fact that Valieva's case has not yet been completed. 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.
If the Russian woman gets on the podium in the individual tournament, then there will be no awards ceremony either. After the short program, Valieva takes first place, the free skate will be presented on Thursday.
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