Delayed Justice: Skaters Finally Receive 2022 Winter Olympics Medals

U.S. and Japanese figure skaters will receive their 2022 Winter Olympics medals next week in Paris, following a two and a half-year delay caused by a Russian doping scandal. The ceremony will take place on August 7, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed Russian appeals last week.

U.S. and Japanese figure skaters will finally receive their Winter Olympics medals next week in Paris, concluding a lengthy two and a half-year wait due to a Russian doping scandal.

The presentation ceremony, scheduled for August 7 at 5 p.m., will be held at Champions Park beneath the Eiffel Tower. The International Olympic Committee confirmed the plans on Monday.

In the original February 2022 event, the U.S. and Japan placed second and third behind Russia. However, the medals were withheld as Russian teenager Kamila Valieva was implicated in a doping case. The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed Russian appeals last week, formally recognizing the U.S. skaters as Olympic champions.

Valieva was disqualified from the Beijing Olympics and handed a four-year ban in January by a CAS panel. Despite the altered results, it remains unclear if Canada's bronze medals will also be awarded in Paris, as a Canadian appeal is still under review.