Russian society reacts to figure star Valieva's doping punishment

The final decision and heavy punishment of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which found Russian figure skating star Valieva (17) doping, resulted in strong opposition from Russian society.
There is. On the 30th (local time), the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) strongly objected to the move, calling it a declaration of war on the Russian sports world, according to TASS and other news outlets. ROC decides to appeal to CAS
, started preparing the documents. Russia's Sports Minister Former Sports Minister Tyagachev also said, ``President Biden of the United States and Chairman Bach of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had a major influence on this decision.
"This decision is political," he said. The previous day, CAS determined that Valieva had violated anti-doping regulations, and suspended her for four years (December 2021 to January 2025).
(February) His eligibility as a player was suspended. It was also decided to strip Valieva of the gold medal Russia won in the team event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, in which she participated after a drug test.
The International Skating Union (ISU) announced that as a result of the CAS decision, Valieva's results in all international competitions she participated in during her disciplinary period will be invalidated.
Ta. As a result, the Russian figure skating team was stripped of its gold medal in the team event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The United States, which came in second place, got the gold medal, Japan, which came in third place, got the silver medal, and Russia took third place.
It went down to . Immediately after the CAS decision was announced, Russia was quick to condemn it not only in the sports world, but also in the political and diplomatic circles. For example, Kremlin spokesman Peskov said, ``This is a political decision.''
``I am confident that they will always remain Olympic champions, no matter what single decision, grossly unfair decision, is made.''