Posted on 02/19/2022 7:46:35 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The U.S. figure skaters whose Olympic silver medals are being withheld have filed an appeal to have them awarded before the end of the Beijing Games, with a decision expected before the closing ceremony.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed to The Associated Press that it was hearing the case Saturday evening in Beijing and expected a rapid ruling.
In a letter sent to IOC president Thomas Bach, a copy of which was obtained by AP, attorneys for the skaters said they sought a decision before Sunday’s closing ceremony.
Kamila Valieva led the Russian team to a victory in last week’s team event, and the U.S. finished second. Soon after, a positive doping test for the 15-year-old skater was disclosed. CAS allowed her to continue skating at the women’s event, but the International Olympic Committee said it would not award medals in any events in which she finished among the top three.
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We should have never been at those games as a country. IOC is an insult to the world of sports.
They ought to say the drugs were about transitioning to help them have sexual freedom with a drug induced abortion as the new gender they were always meant to be...or some such or other the libs always fall for.
Makes no sense to punish other countries. Give them their medals
I feel so sorry for that poor 15 yo girl getting used by her country
Puberty is a liability right now in Russia's system of skating. Developed women's bodies are incapable of quad jumps. And the doping is likely playing a role more during the training than anything else. (To build endurance.) That's why raising the minimum age is being discussed. But Russia will likely protest.
As it stands, Eteri's skaters retire or injure out by age 17.
They made their bed by participating. Now lay in it.
A medal isn’t for a specific person, it’s for the qualified winner of the competition.
“The Court of Arbitration for Sport”
Lawyers earning Olympic medals.
“US Skaters”
Won’t pay their bills.
The problem is which medals do you give them? Do you have a medal ceremony with only silver and bronze and then swap the medals later if the Russian team is disqualified? I guess they could disqualify them now, have the ceremony, then make them appeal to get their medals, but I can’t see them having the courage to do that.
The real questions are:
1. When did the ROC/RUSADA find out about the positive A sample?
2. The Russian championships were on December 25th and the B sample still hasn’t been tested. Why?
3. Valieva has said this contamination happened with a product her grandfather was taking. Even if true (which seems doubtful, since there were allegedly two other substances involved), does it matter? Unless someone else intentionally deceived her and gave her the medicine, she is responsible for what is in her body. Can’t we just take that as an admission of guilt and move on?
4. Why wasn’t the whole damned ROC team sent home after they wore the Russian flags on their jackets during the opening ceremony in defiance of the penalties they were under due to the previous widespread doping? (Didn’t want to give them an excuse to invade Ukraine? Don’t worry - they will come up with something.)
“We should have never been at those games as a country.”
Russia as a whole should never have been there, as well - for continuing to flout anti-doping rules - and not just regarding that figure skater.
I already closed it. Matter of fact, I never opened it.
Y’all act as if this is new
It ain’t. The commies have had coping issues since at least the fifties maybe longer
Right On! No sympathy for enhancing these Commies.
Like so many awards and trophies, Olympic medals have been devalued.
Sounds like the US Skaters want their medal ceremony before then snuff the Olympic flame. Understandable. But the bureaucratic impulse is to delay.
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