The Women's Singles of Figure Skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics ended with the Russian Olympic team winning the championship and runner-up, but Valieva only finished fourth, which is of course a big downpour. Because Valieva missed the top three, the award ceremony went smoothly, which seems to be a happy situation for everyone, but there is still a lot of controversy.
Before the game, the International Olympic Committee caused two relatively big controversies, the first of which was to announce early that if Vallieva ranked in the top three, there would be no award ceremony on the scene, which was equivalent to putting more pressure on Vallieva. Secondly, Bach met with the American figure skating team before the game and made some reassurance, many netizens said that there were many voices opposing Vallieva, why didn't Bach appease them one by one?
In the end, in the face of great pressure, Valieva failed to play at her normal level and only finished fourth. Vallieva's missed podium also means that the women's solo skating ceremony can be carried out normally, which should be a happy situation for the International Olympic Committee, the International Skating Federation and the relevant stakeholders.
Why is it said that everyone is happy? First, if Vallieva were in the top three, discontent would immediately erupt, and the IOC and the International Skating Union would be under more pressure. Now, Valieva has not made it to the top three, the award ceremony has been held, and several major organizations can slowly solve this matter.
Secondly, although the Russian Olympic team failed to win the top three places in the women's single skating, it added a gold medal and a silver medal, which is better than shelving it?
However, the superficial joy of everyone cannot hide the controversy of the whole thing, and the most injured is undoubtedly Valieva. The aberrant play of the last four years has been in vain, and many people say that Vallieva carried the big thing with her small body, sacrificed herself, and completed the team. It is undeniable that Vallieva is responsible for the results of the drug test, but is it not the responsibility of other stakeholders?
After the match, the champion Serbakova and the runner-up Trusova refused to respond to Valieva's questions, and no one dared to publicly support Vallieva, and Trusova even said that she should ask Camilla about this matter, not ask me. Trusova was upset because her 5 four-week jumps still failed to get her to the gold medal.
So, who is the winner in the figure skating arena of this Winter Olympics? The first is definitely Anna Serbakova, who won the gold medal with a more perfect performance and an artistic performance. Secondly, the Japanese team's Sakamoto Hanaori won an unexpected bronze medal, which was very unexpected by the Japanese media.
The next focus is on the medal ownership of the figure skating team competition, can Vallieva win the team gold medal as she wishes? It is difficult, because the relevant parties have long stated that letting Valieva continue to compete does not mean that she has no problem, and the silver medal winner is the United States, the bronze medalist is Japan, and the fourth-place Canada is also eager for medals, can they easily compromise?
However, the problem of women's single skating is properly solved, and the relevant organizations can slowly solve the problem of team competition, no matter what the result, the Japanese team will win medals in the team competition and women's single skating, which is a bonus!