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OWG BEIJING 2022 – FIGURE SKATING – TEAM EVENT
THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) DISMISSES THE APPEALS
FILED BY THE RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, THE FIGURE SKATING
FEDERATION OF RUSSIA, AND SKATERS ALEKSANDR GALLIAMOV, NIKITA
KATSALAPOV, MARK KONDRATIUK, ANASTASIA MISHINA, VICTORIA
SINITSINA & KAMILA VALIEVA
Lausanne, 25 July 2024 – The CAS Panel in charge of the appeals filed by the Russian Olympic
Committee (ROC) (CAS 2024/A/10355), the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (CAS 2024/A/10360),
and Russian skaters Aleksandr Galliamov, Nikita Katsalapov, Mark Kondratiuk, Anastasia Mishina,
Victoria Sinitsina and Kamila Valieva (CAS 2024/A/10356) (collectively, the Appellants) against the re-
ranking decision announced by the International Skating Union (ISU) on 30 January 2024
(the Challenged Decision) in relation to the final standings for the Team Event in figure skating at the
Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 has issued its decision: the appeals are dismissed.
The Appellants had sought a ruling from CAS re-ranking the figure skating Team Event and awarding
the gold medal to the ROC. Following the hearing that took place on 12 June 2024, the Panel deliberated
and concluded that the results of Ms Valieva in the Olympic Figure Skating Team Event were correctly
disqualified in the Challenged Decision, and that the ROC Skating Team could not be awarded the gold
medal. Consequently, the above-mentioned appeals are dismissed. The Panel issued the Operative Part
of the Arbitral Award. The full award, with the grounds for the Panel’s decision, will be issued as soon
as possible.
The second CAS Panel, different from the first, constituted to resolve the related, but separate, appeal
(CAS 2024/A/10354) filed by Canadian skaters Madeline Schizas, Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier, Kirsten
Moore-Towers, Michael Marinaro, Eric Radford, Vanessa James and Roman Sadovsky, together with,
Skate Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) (collectively, the Canadian Appellants), held
a hearing at the CAS headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland on 22 July 2024.
The Canadian Appellants also seek a ruling from CAS re-ranking the figure skating Team Event, as
follows: United States of America (Gold); Japan (Silver); Canada (Bronze).
The second CAS Panel is now deliberating. It is not possible to indicate at this time when the second
Panel’s decision will be issued.
