Medals might get stripped, or they might not—and Valieva’s youth could play an important factor in the outcome.
the quad salchow and another quad jump—a quad toe loop, which is then connected to a triple toe loop. That sounds super impressive because it is.) As stated above, the ROC won gold in the team event with her prodigious help, while the U.S. took silver and Japan won bronze. Yes, she’s just 15, but she is really, really good.It’s quite possible that, with Valieva competing, the ROC could sweep the women’s individual figure skating event podium.
But wait a second. If she was doping and on the ROC team that won gold, could they get that medal stripped? And would that mean the U.S. would get the team gold, Japan would get silver, and someone else would get bronze? It’s possible that Valieva’s score could be disqualified from the competition, which would indeed knock the ROC off the podium. They won the team event with 74 points, 20 of which were won by Valieva, so their adjusted score would be 54—just enough for
*. It’s also possible that the ROC gets its medal and result completely stripped and isn’t allowed to keep a reduced score at all. We really don’t know for sure at this point.
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