The American figure skating team was awarded gold medals for the 2022 Beijing Olympics in a ceremony at Champions Park at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
The American figure skating team was awarded gold after the Russian team that originally won gold became embroiled in the country's doping scandal.The special medal ceremony allowed the nine Americans to parade on a runway in the bright Paris sunshine, gaze at the Eiffel Tower and bask in warm cheers from the fans packed into the stands at Champions Park.
Exactly 2½ years after the figure skating team event ended at the Beijing Olympics — and the doping saga of the winning Russian team started — the Americans got the medals that weren't awarded at the time.“I think it absolutely was worth the wait. Definitely,” said Karen Chen, wearing the first gold medal of her career around her neck.
“It is very memorable for all of us to be here and to get our medals,” Karen Chen said, “to just see the crowds, see everything and embrace it all.”Knierim, who skated with Frazier in pairs, had her fingernails painted golden.A Russian appeal trying to win back the Olympic team title was dismissed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport just before the Paris Games opened.
No Russian skaters are getting medals in the French capital, although their third-place finish was confirmed during the Paris Olympics in yet another CAS ruling. Canada’s skaters lost their appeal last Friday to have their points tally upgraded from fourth place by the International Skating Union.
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