On February 17, the Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating women's singles free skating ended the competition, the much-talked-about Valieva (K Bao) under the pressure of many mistakes, and finally won the fourth place, missed the medal. "Senjin" Serbakova won the Olympic gold medal, Trusova won the Olympic silver medal, and Japan's Hanaori Sakamoto won the bronze medal.
In this figure skating competition, the "doping storm" around Vallieva became an off-field "breaking point", and after she lifted her temporary ban and resumed training, she encountered appeals from the International Olympic Committee, the International Skating Federation and other organizations. Walieva attended a seven-hour hearing and was physically and mentally exhausted, and the International Court of Arbitration for Sport finally announced that Valieva would be allowed to continue to participate in the individual competition.
In the short program competition, Vallieva withstood great pressure and still won the first place in the case of opening mistakes, she burst into tears after the game; Serbakova won the second place, Sakamoto Hanori broke the monopoly of the "three sets of dolls" and ranked third; "Sasha" Trusova ranked fourth.
Coming to the free skating, Sherbakova performed perfectly, without error in all technical moves, and won the gold medal with a total score of 255.95 points; Trusova contributed a super difficult performance, performing five four-week jumps, winning the silver medal with 251.73 points, and Japan's Hanaori Sakamoto won the bronze medal with 233.13 points.
Vallieva, the last to appear, made a series of mistakes, fell several times, stood unsteadily, and after the game, she broke down again, shed tears, and finally scored 224.09 points, only to finish fourth.
After Valieva was allowed to continue her competition, the IOC decided not to hold an award ceremony for the figure skating team event, and once Vallieva won in single skating, there would be no award ceremony. Today, Valieva only won the fourth place, the mascot was awarded normally after the game, and Sherbakova, Trusova, and Sakamoto Hanori all enjoyed their due glory and harvested the golden pier.
Among them, Trusova had tears in her eyes, and Serbakova smiled like a flower. Sakamoto Hanori was even more smiling, and she probably didn't expect to be on the podium! In any case, the three athletes who stood on the podium contributed wonderful performances, and the award was well deserved!
For Vallieva, this winter Olympic trip can be described as a high and low, after winning the team gold medal on behalf of the Russian Olympic team, she encountered a doping storm, repeatedly collapsed and cried in training, often insomnia, and was blamed.
As a "hexagonal warrior" and a talented girl in the figure skating world, Vallieva is only 15 years old after all, and finally she was completely crushed by off-field factors, and she lost her standard in free skating, which is really painful and regrettable to watch! The controversy over her will continue, and where does the future go?