Figure Skating at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

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38 minutes ago, NearPup said:

This is obviously BS, but it also demonstrates just how bad the scoring system for the team event is (and it really should change).

Fixed it 

[intoronto 5,643]

[intoronto 5,643]

 

[avlar 372]

And show must go on.

russians filed 3(!) appeals to CAS (from ROC, national skating federation and all the team mebers including Valieva).

 

Their demand: ROC team must be awarded with gold medals... including Kamila Valieva.

[intoronto 5,643]

2 hours ago, avlar said:

And show must go on.

russians filed 3(!) appeals to CAS (from ROC, national skating federation and all the team mebers including Valieva).

 

Their demand: ROC team must be awarded with gold medals... including Kamila Valieva.

I wonder what they are smoking in Russia

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4 hours ago, avlar said:

And show must go on.

russians filed 3(!) appeals to CAS (from ROC, national skating federation and all the team mebers including Valieva).

 

Their demand: ROC team must be awarded with gold medals... including Kamila Valieva.

 

1 hour ago, intoronto said:

I wonder what they are smoking in Russia

What they are smoking is that they say ISU Rules only allow for a DQ of a team if you test positive at that competition, not testing positive from 7-8 weeks earlier.

[NearPup 3,051]

16 minutes ago, Triplecast said:

 

What they are smoking is that they say ISU Rules only allow for a DQ of a team if you test positive at that competition, not testing positive from 7-8 weeks earlier.

That is a pretty hilarious loophole if true.

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36 minutes ago, Triplecast said:

 

What they are smoking is that they say ISU Rules only allow for a DQ of a team if you test positive at that competition, not testing positive from 7-8 weeks earlier.

Okay, but there'd still be a glaring issue if they win that appeal. ROC still technically fielded then an "ineligible" athlete, as Valieva's doping infringement is backdated to December 25, 2021. To quote the statement released by CAS after the ruling:

 

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• All competitive results of Ms Valieva from 25 December 2021 are disqualified, with all the resulting consequences (including forfeiture of any titles, awards, medals, profits, prizes, and appearance money).

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The CAS Panel in charge of the appeals filed by Canadian skaters Madeline Schizas, Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier, Kirsten Moore-Towers, Michael Marinaro, Eric Radford, Vanessa James and Roman Sadovsky, together with Skate Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) (collectively, the Appellants) against the re-ranking decision announced by the International Skating Union (ISU) on 30 January 2024 (the Challenged Decision) in relation to the final standings for the Team Event in figure skating at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 has issued its decision: the appeal is dismissed.

The ranking announced by the ISU on 30 January 2024 is confirmed as follows:
1. United States of America 65 pts (gold)
2. Japan 63 pts (silver)
3. Russia 54 pts (bronze)

ridiculous Canada should have taken bronze clearly