ロシアの金メダル剥奪確定 北京五輪フィギュア団体

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】スポーツ仲裁裁判所（ＣＡＳ）は２５日、北京冬季五輪フィギュアスケート団体の金メダルを求めていたロシア五輪委員会（ＲＯＣ）の異議申し立てを棄却したと発表した。（写真は、ロシアのカミラ・ワリエワ選手）
　ロシアは２０２２年に開催された北京五輪のフィギュアスケート団体で金メダルに輝いたが、優勝に大きく貢献した当時１５歳のカミラ・ワリエワのドーピング違反が発覚したことにより、同選手のポイントが剥奪されて銅メダルに降格となり、ＣＡＳに不服を唱えていた。
　ワリエワは２０２１年１２月２５日に行われたロシア選手権の検査で、狭心症の治療薬である一方で禁止薬物に指定されているトリメタジジンに陽性反応を示し、４年間の出場停止処分を科された。
　ＣＡＳは、裁定委員会が審議の上で、「当該五輪のフィギュアスケート団体におけるワリエワの失格は正しいものであり、ＲＯＣのフィギュアスケート団体チームは金メダルを授与されないと結論づけた」と説明した。
　これで同種目は米国が金メダル、日本が銀メダルに繰り上がることになったが、４位に終わったカナダが銅メダルを求めてＣＡＳに提訴しており、最終的な表彰台の順位はまだ確定していない。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/07/26-19:07）

Russia's attempt to be restored to the gold medal position in team figure skating at the 2022 Beijing Olympics has been rejected, sport's top court said on Thursday.
The Russians had appealed against the decision to strip them of the gold that they won largely thanks to the points scored by then 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, who is now serving a four-year ban for doping.
Russia secured gold after Valieva became the first woman to land a quadruple jump in Olympic competition.
The next day she was told she had tested positive before the Games for trimetazidine, a drug used to treat angina but banned for athletes.
When her points were deducted, Russia were relegated to bronze.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said that a panel deliberated and concluded that the results of Ms Valieva in the Olympic figure skating team event were correctly disqualified... and that the ROC (Russian) skating team could not be awarded the gold medal.
Russia's Olympic committee said it was extremely disappointed with the CAS ruling, but added: There were no illusions about the outcome of this case, as well as in cases of other lawsuits or appeals filed from the Russian side in the last almost three years.
The final podium has still not been decided.
CAS is considering an appeal from Canada, who finished in fourth place.
Canada want the final medal, which would leave the USA with the gold and Japan in silver medal position.