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A Russian appeal against the decision to strip the country of the figure skating team gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday. CAS banned teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva in January for four years for doping, effective from December 2021, a decision that also stripped the Russian Olympic Committee of its gold medal in the team event at the 2022 Games. The ROC, the skaters involved in the team event and the country's figure skating federation had appealed that ruling. "The Appellants had sought a ruling from CAS re-ranking the figure skating Team Event and awarding the gold medal to the ROC," CAS said in a statement. "Following the hearing that took place on 12 June 2024, the Panel deliberated and concluded that the results of Ms Valieva in the Olympic figure skating team event were correctly disqualified in the Challenged Decision.
The appeal by the Russian Olympic Committee to reclaim the gold medal from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has been turned down. Despite the ROC and the skaters’ efforts, the Court confirmed that Kamila Valieva’s doping ban was properly enforced, which means the disqualification stands. It’s a tough break, but it looks like the ruling is final.
