MOSCOW, January 30, Svetlana Bonopartova. Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova said she was not satisfied with the decision of the International Skating Union (ISU) to award the Russian team a bronze medal in the team figure skating tournament at the Beijing Olympics.
On Tuesday, the ISU approved the new top three medalists of the team figure skating tournament at the Beijing Olympics. After the results of Kamila Valieva, disqualified for four years for violating anti-doping rules, were annulled, the Russian team dropped from first place to third, gold went to the Americans, silver to the Japanese.
“»Even yesterday it was clear that we would be third. For me this is not a surprise. How can one be satisfied with this decision?!» — said Tarasova.
Valieva passed a positive doping test on December 25, 2021, on the day of the free program of the Russian Championship. This became known on February 8, 2022 — the day after the end of the team tournament at the Olympics.