Disqualified Russian Skater Means US Earns Olympic Gold

Teen Kamila Valieva's doping case caused 'turmoil' at 2022 Games in Beijing
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Jan 29, 2024 9:11 AM CST
US Snatches Olympic Gold From Russia, 2 Years Later
Kamila Valieva from Russia reacts during the figure-skating competition at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing on Feb. 7, 2022.   (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after her doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport means the Russians are set to be stripped of the gold medal in figure skating's team event, per the AP. The United States finished second and is set to be named Olympic champion instead.

The International Olympic Committee decided not to present any medals for the event in Beijing, where the then-15-year-old Valieva was the star performer hours before her positive test for a banned heart medicine was revealed. CAS said it upheld appeals led by the World Anti-Doping Agency, which asked the court to disqualify Valieva from the Olympics and ban her. A Russian sports tribunal had cleared her of any blame. CAS banned her for four years, through December 2025.

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