The Beijing Winter Olympics have come to a successful end, and finally the Chinese delegation ranked third in the gold medal list with a total of 9 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals, and pressed the United States with 8 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze medals for a total of 25 medals.
However, since the end of the Winter Olympics, there is still one competition that has not been awarded medals, that is, the figure skating team competition. As for why the medal ceremony of this competition was not carried out, it was because the Russian Olympic team won the gold medal in the project, but due to the inconclusiveness of Vallieva's drug test, the Russian Olympic team has not yet won the gold medal. Similarly, the U.S. team, which finished runner-up, did not receive their silver medal.
Originally, for the American team, it was a "good thing to look forward to". Because if K Bao is confirmed to have taken illegal drugs, then the gold medal that originally belonged to the Russian Olympic team will automatically fall on the head of the United States.
However, the United States does not seem to care about the gold medal. They appealed to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport to receive their silver medal before the end of the Winter Olympics. However, I did not expect that this request of the United States was rejected.
It turned out that 15-year-old Russian genius teenager Vallieva (K Bao) had a problem with the illicit drug in the previous drug test. However, thanks to the efforts of the Russian side, after a full 7-hour hearing at the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, K Bao was determined to continue to participate. However, both WADA and the International Skating Federation believe that if Russia wins a prize in a team competition with K Bao's participation, the medal awarding process cannot be carried out, and the final gold, silver and bronze medals cannot be determined until the drug testing incident is finally settled.
Interestingly, though, the U.S. team won the silver medal in this game. Originally they just wanted to stop Russia from competing or even get a medal, but now, they messed up. They left The Russian gold medal in China, but their own silver medal was shelved in Beijing!
The United States is really lifting a stone and dropping it on its own feet! According to the statement of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, the silver medal of the American figure skating team needs to accompany the Russian gold medal to stay in China until the truth is revealed. That said, it's possible that the U.S. will have to wait months to get the silver medal, or gold medal they're looking for.
The American figure skating team entrusted relevant lawyers to the IOC President Bach to express his attitude that their athletes need to be respected! Their athletes have paid the same effort and persistence as other athletes, and they have won their own medals through their own hard work, and they deserve a decent award ceremony!
However, now that the Winter Olympics have ended, the United States team and the Russian Olympic team still have not won medals, and can only bring back an ice pier as a commemoration of the Olympic Games, which is really quite "shabby". However, who let the United States be so embarrassed for others, in the end, it can only eat its own consequences and become the laughing stock of others!