Russian Appeal Dismissed: Impact on Olympic Figure Skating Gold

The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed Russia's appeal against losing their 2022 Winter Olympics figure skating team gold medal. Kamila Valieva's doping ban led to the Russian team's demotion from gold to bronze. United States and Japan were awarded gold and silver, respectively. Canada's appeal for bronze is pending.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed Russia's appeal to regain its gold medal in the figure skating team event at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. The ruling followed the four-year doping ban of teenage skater Kamila Valieva, effective from December 2021.

As a result, the Russian Olympic Committee was stripped of its gold medal nearly two years after the event. The team, the skaters involved, and the country's figure skating federation had all appealed the 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 stated. The hearing took place on June 12, 2024, concluding that Valieva's results were correctly disqualified.