Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva failed a pre-2022 Winter Olympics drug test but went on to win the Gold Medal in the team portion of the figure skating at the Bejing Games. The IOC had announced that the medal ceremony for the team figure skating event would be postponed due to the Russian figure skater's failed drug test. Now, Valieva, 15, is facing further ramifications. The IOC made a shocking decision on Valieva, as reported by ESPN.
The International Olympic Committee said that “in the interest of fairness to all athletes,” there will be no medal ceremony if Russian teenager Kamila Valieva places in the top three in the women's individual figure skating competition.
The IOC says it will “organize dignified medal ceremonies once the case of Ms. Valieva has been concluded.”
Kamila Valieva will not have a medal ceremony if she places in the top three of the women's individual competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The IOC said that their decision on the Russian figure skater is in the “interest of fairness to all athletes.”
The committee went on to say that once Valieva's case has been concluded, they will go back to holding “dignified medal ceremonies.”
Needless to say, the eyes of the world will be on Kamila Valieva during the individual figure skating portion of the Beijing Games.
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