Finnish figure skater Jenny Saarinen said that getting into the free program of the Olympics because of the situation around the Russian Kamila Valieva was a historic moment for her. The Finnish words are quoted by Sport-Express.

“I don’t make the rules, I just play by them. But yes, of course, I became lucky, taking the very 25th place that allowed me to go to the free program. I feel like this is a historic moment,” said Saarinen.

Earlier, the IOC asked the International Skating Union (ISU) "for reasons of fairness" to allow the 25th athlete to skate free programs if Valieva is among the first 24 skaters in the short program.

Saarinen was 25th in the short program with 56.97 points. For an arbitrary rental, the Finn received 96.07 points.

The IOC said that Valieva's results at the Olympics will be considered preliminary to the 2022 Olympics Earlier, IOC communications director Mark Adams said that the result of the competition in women's skating at the Olympic Games would be considered preliminary if Valieva entered the top three. The IOC also said that in this case it would not hold an award ceremony until the end of the proceedings in the case of the Russian woman.

On February 7, Valieva won the gold of the Olympics in team competitions, however, after receiving a positive result from a doping test, passed back at the end of December last year, the issue of her further participation in the Games was decided in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which eventually allowed the skater to compete in personal competitions .

Fonbet considers Valieva the favorite of the personal tournament, bets on her final victory are accepted with a coefficient of 1.30, on the victory of Anna Shcherbakova - with a coefficient of 4.30, Alexandra Trusova - with a coefficient of 13.00.

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