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Madison Chock, Evan Bates and several other U.S. Olympians will receive Olympic gold medals from the 2022 Beijing Winter Games after Russian skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has welcomed the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision on the doping case of teen-aged Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva and the fact that it has been clarified. The athletes involved in the competition at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing could now "receive the medals they have been waiting for so long," an IOC spokesperson told dpa on Tuesday. "We sympathize with the athletes who had to wait two years for the final results of their competition,"
International Olympic officials have told counterparts in the United States that their figure skating team will receive Olympic gold medals now that Russian skater Kamila Valieva has been disqualified for doping at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee received word Monday night that the IOC would award the gold to the US for the team competition, which was thrown into turmoil after Valieva's positive test from six weeks earlier was revealed.
GENEVA — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after the teenager’s doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games, clearing the way for the United States to get the gold medal in the team event. The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport means […]
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee received word Monday night that the IOC would award the gold to the U.S. for the team competition.