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Nine US figure skaters are told they WILL receive Olympic gold medals - after Russian Kamila Valieva was handed four-year ban for doping at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing
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January 30, 2024
Members of the U.S. Olympic figure skating team learned late Monday that Kamila Valieva, a Russian skater, had been disqualified from skating at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, which was disappointing. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee received word that the IOC would award the gold to the United States for the team competition, which was thrown into disarray after Valieva's encouraging test six weeks before the competition was revealed. The Associated Press obtained a copy of an email sent from the IOC to the USOPC, claiming that it is now in a position to award medals in accordance with the ranking, which must be determined by the International Skating Union - the federation in charge of organizing the Olympics.