MOSCOW, Feb 19 The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will decide on the award U.S. figure skaters won Olympic silver medals for the team tournament on Saturday night, Reuters reported. Earlier Saturday, it was reported that U.S. Figure Skating Association lawyers notified the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of an appeal to the CAS demanding that they award silver medals to the figure skating team tournament. until the end of the Beijing Olympics. It was noted that the lawyers of the American skaters were going to get a decision before Sunday's closing ceremony of the Games. CAS Secretary General Mathieu Reb confirmed that the court accepted the appeal of the American side. He noted that all nine skaters of the US team had applied to the court, and that the hearings were ongoing. The IOC said they would not comment on the current procedure. Earlier, the Russian team, which included the single skater Kamila Valieva, won Olympic gold in the team figure skating tournament , the Americans took second place. Later it became known that Valieva's doping test, taken at the end of December, gave a positive result. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) allowed the skater to participate in the individual Olympic tournament in Beijing. The awards ceremony for the winners of the team competition was not held. On Thursday, Valieva, who was leading after the short program in single skating, made a number of blunders and took fourth place.
