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Members of the U.S. figure skating team who competed at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games were awarded their gold medals two years after they competed in China following a Russian doping scandal in which Russian skater Kamila Valieva, then 15, was stripped of her wins by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The court’s ruling meant Valiyeva's results could no longer be counted toward the Russian Olympic Committee’s total team score, dropping the ROC into third place in the event.by the court last Thursday, paving the way for Team USA to be awarded the gold and Japan the silver in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Wednesday.
The now gold-medal American figure skaters are Evan Bates, Karen Chen, Nathan Chen, Madison Chock, Zachary Donohue, Brandon Frazier, Madison Hubbell, Alexa Knierim and Vincent Zhou.We’re launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day’s headlines. Text “Alerts” toThe ROC team as a whole was not disqualified from the Beijing Olympics.
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