Valieva’s results at the Olympics in 2022 were disqualified by CAS. Russian athlete Kamila Valieva’s disqualification for a doping offence has handed the United States a belated team figure-skating Winter Olympics gold for 2022. Team USA will finally benefit from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision to disqualify all Valieva’s results on Monday, handing her a four-year suspension after she tested positive for a banned substance in December 2021.
That ruling has led the International Skating Union, the sport’s global federation, to re-rank the teams who took part in the Games in Beijing two years ago. The ISU confirmed the USA were now in top spot, with Japan in silver medal position and the Russian Olympic Committee ranked third.
“The ISU welcomes the decision of CAS and firmly maintains its position that the protection of clean athletes and the fight against doping are of the highest priority and will persist in the ongoing effort to uphold the integrity of fair competition and the well-being of athletes,” an ISU statement said.
“The ISU is in close contact with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the relevant ISU member federations in regard to the implementation of this decision.”. The IOC had earlier said it could now award medals “in accordance with the ranking” and that it was ready to hold a “dignified” medal ceremony once the results had been officially ratified by the ISU.
