On February 17, Beijing time, one of the most watched events of the Winter Olympics, figure skating women's single skating, ended the competition. Sherbakova from the Russian-Austrian team took advantage of the short program and finally pushed teammate Trusova to win the gold medal. Trusova free-skated and jumped 5 four-way jumps, sliding a high score of 177.13 points, and won the silver medal. Japan's Hanori Sakamoto won the bronze medal. Big favourite Vallieva fell several times and ended up finishing only 4th. The IOC also became the winner because they did not need to cancel the ceremony.
Due to Valieva, figure skating women's singles has become one of the most watched events at the Winter Olympics. Finally, after the CAS ruling, Valieva was able to participate in the women's solo skate. But the IOC was very unhappy with the ruling and said that if Vallieva made it into the top three, there would be no award ceremony.
Even so, Vallieva still scored more than 82 points in the short program, ranking first. However, when it came to the free skating arena, after two teammates skated 177.13 points and 175.75 points respectively, Valieva still failed to withstand the pressure. Her best jumps were missed one after another, and she withdrew from the title race early. After sliding the complete set of the show, Valieva could not control her emotions and collapsed into tears. Whether it's her own reasons or not, a 15-year-old girl has gone too far in taking this.
In the end, Valieva only finished fourth, and she did not make it to the podium. The IOC also does not need to worry about whether it needs to award awards, after all, it is impossible to say that the champions and runners-up are not awarded medals in any case. It hurts not one person, but everyone, and even the whole sport.
All this aside, Sherbakova and Trusova offer a glimpse of the beauty of figure skating, one shows art, the other shows the difficulty. And Japan's Hanaori Sakamoto also withstood the huge pressure and won a bronze medal, which was also commendable. In any case, figure skating should bring joy and enjoyment, not endless controversy.