Five female ski jumpers were disqualified for wearing uniforms that were too loose, raising questions about gendered double standards in uniform requirements.
when officials reviewed video footage and said an American skater had blocked a Chinese skater at one point as the Chinese skater was being tagged into the relay race. Team USA’s Maame Biney said the call was “interesting,” but conceded that “it is what it is.”
Shortly after the disqualification of Team USA in the women’s four-team semifinal heat, two Korean athletes were disqualified from the men’s 1000m short track speed skating event on Monday. In a similar case to what had resulted in Team USA’s disqualification, officials said the Korean skaters had come into contact with other skaters because of an “illegal late pass.
According to the Russian Figure Skating Federation, however, Valieva is not currently under an Olympic suspension, meaning she’s still set to compete in the women’s single competition beginning on Tuesday next week. It’s worth noting Valieva and her teammates are technically competing on behalf of the Russian Olympic Committee and not Russia.
Russia from formally competing in major sporting events for the country’s long history of state-sponsored doping.Sports fans have long known that doping and disqualifications are all too common at the Olympics. Just last summer in Tokyo, American track and field star
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