Hearing being held to decide if US figure skaters get their medals before closing ceremony
The nine U.S. figure skaters who won silver medals in the team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics want to receive their medals before the conclusion of the Games.
And they have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to make that happen.
CAS confirmed Saturday that the American skaters filed an appeal with its ad hoc division Saturday that, if successful, would force the International Olympic Committee to award the medals for the team event prior to Sunday night's closing ceremony.
A hearing in the case was "currently taking place" as of 7:30 p.m. local time in Beijing, a CAS spokesperson told USA TODAY Sports in an email, and a ruling could come by night's end.
In a letter sent to the IOC and its president, Thomas Bach, earlier Saturday, an attorney for the American skaters, Paul Greene, argued that the IOC's decision not to award medals for the event – which came amid news that Russian team member Kamila Valieva had tested positive for a banned substance – runs afoul of both the Olympic charter and the host city contract.
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"We are committed to protecting our clients' rights before the CAS and anticipate that the Panel assigned to this case will understand that our clients are being denied a legal right they have earned and are entitled to receive," Greene wrote in the letter, which was obtained and published by The Associated Press.
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