Panel Denies US Skaters’ Appeal To Get Olympic Silver Medals
Feb 19, 2022, 3:48 PM
Kamila Valieva of Team ROC reacts during the Women Single Skating Free Skating Team Event on day three of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 07, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
(Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
BEIJING (AP) — Arbitrators have rejected a last-ditch request by American figure skaters to have their silver medals awarded before the end of the Olympics.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said in Beijing that it dismissed the appeal by the nine skaters, who finished second in the team event that was marred by a doping positive by 15-year-old Russian Kamila Valieva.
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— KSL Sports (@kslsports) February 19, 2022
In an earlier decision, CAS had allowed Valieva to compete in the women’s event after her doping positive went public.
The International Olympic Committee responded by saying that no medals would be awarded in any event where she finished in the top three.
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