Canada loses Beijing Olympics figure skating medals appeal. Russians also won't get medals in Paris
Canadian figure skaters will not join the United States and Japan on the podium at the Paris Olympics next week
PARIS (AP) — Canadian figure skaters will not join the United States and Japan on the podium at the Paris Olympics next week when team event medals finally are awarded from the 2022 Beijing Winter Games marred by a Russian doping case.
Nor will there be Russian skaters on the bronze-medal step on Wednesday, despite a new ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that was a defeat for Canada.
CAS said Friday its judges dismissed the Canadian appeal to be upgraded from fourth place to third in the Beijing Olympics standings that had to be amended by the International Skating Union because of doping by Russian star Kamila Valieva.
No medals were awarded 2 1/2 years ago in Beijing because Valieva’s positive test for a banned heart medication emerged shortly after the then-15-year-old helped her team win the competition.
