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The Russian Olympic Committee team got its wish and won the gold medal in figure skating singles, but the winner was not Vallieva.
In the women's single skating competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics just ended tonight (17th), Camilla Vallieva, a Russian Olympic Committee player who had previously performed well in the short program and ranked first with 82.16 points, was the last to appear in the free skating competition but behaved abnormally, free skating only scored 141.93 points, ranking fifth among all 25 players, fourth in total, and finally missed the medal.
Originally, 15-year-old Camilla Vallieva was regarded as the champion of figure skating singles, and the performance of the first place in the short program on the 15th made the outside world think that there was no suspense. However, in the free skating competition, Russian Olympic Committee member Alexandra Trusova, who played before Vallieva, slipped a free skating top score of 177.13, and Anna Serbakova, who appeared second from the bottom, slipped the second best score of 175.75 points, surpassing teammate Alexandra Trusova's 251.73 points with a total score of 255.95 due to her higher score in the short program.
For Camilla Vallieva, who was the last to appear, to win the gold medal, she had to skate more than 173.79 points in the free skate to surpass team member Anna Serbakova. Wallyeva, who came under great pressure, performed abnormally in the free skating session, and finally only got a free skating score of 141.93 points, a total score of 224.09 can only be ranked fourth, did not surpass the short program, free skating was ranked third, the total score of 133.13 points is also the third Japanese player Hanaori Sakamoto, lost the opportunity expected by the outside world to achieve Russian nesting dolls in the project, and rubbed shoulders with the medal.
Vallieva's performance in the free skate was arguably her worst performance of the season, and it was a pity that she did not fully show her true strength. Perhaps, the continuous fermentation of the doping storm put the 15-year-old under pressure beyond the age range and finally played abnormally in the crucial final.
Of course, Vallieva's abnormal performance in the free skating link may also be a strategic choice as netizens said, in the case of teammates to ensure the champion and runner-up, the strategic choice not to enter the top three, perhaps in order not to embarrass the International Olympic Committee, so that the on-site flower presentation and award ceremony after the game can be carried out normally.
Due to The Doping Storm after Valiyeva's positive A-bottle urine sample on December 25, 2021, the IOC, although it agreed to her eligibility on appeal, but in order to ensure that Valieva's drug ban issue would not affect the fairness of the competition, it cancelled the award ceremony for the figure skating team competition held during the Winter Olympics and asked the International Skating Federation (ISU) to allow the 25th-ranked player to participate in the free skating competition, after the end of the free skating, In case Vallieva wins the top three in figure skating singles, the event's flower presentation ceremony and award ceremony will also not be held during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Vallieva's unexpected performance, on the contrary, resolved the embarrassment of the International Olympic Committee, and also allowed the other players who entered the top three places not to be affected by The problem of Vallieva's drug ban, and to participate in the on-site flower ceremony normally, as well as the award ceremony held the next day, without leaving regrets for them to stand on the podium of the Winter Olympics once.
Perhaps, this is the biggest contribution that Vallieva has made to the Winter Olympics due to her dysfunctional performance.