Olympic gold was bestowed upon US figure skaters, while Canada was denied the bronze following the disqualification of a Russian skater.

 

The US Figure Skating team is set to receive a gold medal for their performance at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics following the four-year ban imposed on Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva due to a protracted doping controversy. Despite this decision, Canada expressed deep disappointment as they were not awarded the bronze medal. Valieva, who was 15 at the time of the doping test, had led the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to first place in the team event ahead of the US and Japan, before the positive result for the performance-enhancing substance trimetazidine emerged. The ban is retroactively effective from December 25, 2021, the date of the sample collection.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Skate Canada expressed strong disagreement with the International Skating Union's (ISU) decision to maintain its team in fourth place and declared an intention to explore all options for appealing the ruling. The statement pointed out that the ISU did not apply Rule 353 in its latest decision, a rule stipulating that competitors who initially placed lower than the disqualified athlete should move up accordingly in their placement.

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CNN has sought clarification from the ISU regarding the methodology used to re-rank the teams.

Kamila Valieva's disqualification from her first-place finish in the women's singles competition at the 2022 European Figure Skating Championship also resulted in the transfer of the gold medal to her compatriot Anna Shcherbakova.

On Monday night, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) issued a statement confirming that its CEO, Sarah Hirschland, had received confirmation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the 2022 US Figure Skating team event athletes would be awarded the gold medal in the team competition. The statement encouraged celebrations and congratulated the athletes.

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Anti-doping bodies worldwide, including the IOC, welcomed the highly-anticipated decision, expressing their commitment to awarding the medals in accordance with the ISU rankings.

While no specific date or location has been provided for the medal ceremony, the IOC confirmed its intention to organize a dignified Olympic medal ceremony for the US, Japan, and the then-fourth-placed Canada in the future.