Canada, which finished fourth in the team figure skating event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, protested.
The Canadian Skating Union issued a statement on the 30th (Korea Standard Time) expressing regret over the International Skating Union (ISU) decision announced on the same day.
Earlier, the ISU announced its action on its official website after the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirmed the disciplinary action against Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva (17).
Valieva has been suspended for four years since December 2021. All game records during the suspension period will be invalidated.
All records for participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics have been deleted. As a result, the gold medal in the team figure skating event that she participated in went to the U.S.
The problem comes next. Once Valieva’s record was deleted, Russia’s team score went down to 54.
Nevertheless, their scores were higher than Canada, which scored 53 points, and ISU still recognized Russia’s third-place qualification.
It did not disqualify the entire Russian team, but only Valieva’s record.
This is the result of reversing the expectations of the media that came out after Ballyeva’s punishment was confirmed. Everyone expected that the entire Russian team would be disqualified and Canada would rise to third place.
The Canadian Skating Union, which was expecting to win the bronze medal, said in a statement on the same day that it “expressed deep disappointment” with ISU’s decision.
They claimed that the ISU’s decision to recognize the performance of the rest of the Russian national team violated Article 353 of the regulations after CAS suspended Ballyeva for four years, saying, “It includes disqualification for all game results.”
Article 353 of the regulation states, “If a player who was originally disqualified after finishing the game comes out, the player who was ranked lower than this will be ranked higher.” 꽁머니지급
They said they disagreed with the ISU’s decision and insisted that “we will look at all options to appeal against this decision.”
At the time, Canada featured Roman Sadovski in the men’s singles, Madeline Schias in the women’s singles, Christen Moore-Towers/Michael Marina in the pair, Vanessa James/Eric Radford and Piper Giles/Paul Poirier in the ice dance.
