OWG BEIJING 2022 – FIGURE SKATING – TEAM EVENT2
THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) DISMISSES THE APPEAL FILED BY CANADIAN FIGURE SKATERS, SKATE CANADA, AND THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
Lausanne, 2 August 2024 – 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)The Appellants had sought a ruling from CAS re-ranking the figure skating Team Event as follows: re-ranking the figure skating Team Event, as follows: United States of America (Gold); Japan (Silver); Canada (Bronze).
Following the hearing that took place on 22 July 2024, the Panel of CAS arbitrators in charge of the matter deliberated and concluded that the results of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva in the Olympic Figure Skating Team Event were correctly disqualified, without any possibility in the ISU Rules to re-allocate points in favour of Team Canada, following the retroactive disqualification of Kamila Valieva.
The Panel issued the Operative Part of the Arbitral Award. The full award, with the grounds for the Panel’s decision, will be issued as soon as possible.
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