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_Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Team event_
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         Introduction         
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The figure skating team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held
between 4 and 7 February at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing,
China. The team event consisted of competitions in men's singles,
women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters and teams
earned points based on their placements in each event, and the
medalists were determined based on the total points earned. The
team representing the Russian Olympic Committee originally finished
in first place, while the team from the United States finished
second, and the Japanese team finished third. However, when it was
revealed that a sample submitted by Kamila Valieva of Russia had
tested positive for a banned substance, the medal ceremony was
postponed. After nearly two years of litigation, Valieva's scores
were stricken and the newly tabulated results placed the American
team first, the Japanese team second, and the Russian team third.
The American and Japanese teams finally received their medals at a
ceremony held at the Jardins du Trocadéro in Paris during the 2024
Summer Olympics.


          Background          
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The team event is the newest Olympic figure skating event and was
first contested at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The event combines the
four Olympic figure skating disciplines (men's singles, women's
singles, pair skating, and ice dance) into a single event; skaters
earn points based on their placement in each discipline, and the
gold medals are awarded to the team that earns the most placement
points. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Canada won the team event, the
team representing the Olympic Athletes from Russia finished in
second place, and the United States finished third.

In 2016, an independent report commissioned by the World
Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed allegations that the Russian
Olympic team had been involved in a state-sponsored doping program
from at least late 2011 through February 2014, when Russia hosted
the Winter Olympics in Sochi. On 9 December 2019, the WADA banned
Russia from all international competitions after it found that data
provided by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency had been manipulated by
Russian authorities to protect athletes involved in its doping
scheme. Under a ban imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport
in December 2019, Russian athletes could not use the Russian flag
or anthem in international competition and had to compete as
"Neutral Athletes" or a "Neutral Team" at any world championships
for the next two years. On 19 February 2021, it was announced that
Russian athletes would compete under the name of the Russian
Olympic Committee (ROC) at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The figure skating team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held
between 4 and 7 February at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing,
China. The Russian team was heavily favored to win the team event,
with the United States, Canada, and Japan also expected to be in
medal contention. In addition to having won the 2022 European
Figure Skating Championships, Kamila Valieva had set new world
records in both the free skate and total score at the 2021
Finlandia Trophy, bested those scores at the 2021 Skate Canada
International just three weeks later, and then bested them again at
the 2021 Rostelecom Cup. She was expected to dominate both the
individual women's event and the women's segments of the team
event.


        Qualification         
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For the team event, scores from the 2021 World Figure Skating
Championships and the 2021-22 Grand Prix Series were tabulated to
establish the top ten nations. For a nation to qualify for the team
event, it had to have qualified entrants in at least three of the
four disciplines (men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, or
ice dance). If there were not ten nations that had qualified
entrants in all four disciplines, nations with only three entrants
could use the ISU's "Additional Athletes Quota" to complete their
team. These additional athletes were eligible to compete in the
team event but not in the individual Olympic figure skating events.

Qualification for figure skating team event	 	 Nation
Total
1 	align="left" | 					5947
2 	align="left" | 					5209
3 	align="left" | 					3949
4 	align="left" | 					3830
5 	align="left" | 					2809
6 	align="left" | 		bgcolor="e5e4e2" | 			2774
7 	align="left" | 	bgcolor="e5e4e2" | 				1480
8 	align="left" | 					1472
9 	align="left" | 					1137
10 	align="left" | 			bgcolor="e5e4e2" | 		893


           Entries            
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Member nations submitted the following entrants for the indicated
segments in each discipline.
Team event entrants	 Country	 Men	 Women	 Pairs	 Ice dance
rowspan="2" | Roman Sadovsky 	rowspan="2" | Madeline Schizas
rowspan="2" |

rowspan="2" | Jin Boyang 	rowspan="2" | Zhu Yi 	 	rowspan="2" |

Michal Březina 	Eliška Březinová
Morisi Kvitelashvili 	Anastasiia Gubanova
Paul Fentz 	Nicole Schott 	bgcolor="e5e4e2" |
Daniel Grassl 	Lara Naki Gutmann
Shoma Uno 	Wakaba Higuchi 	rowspan="2" |  	rowspan="2" |
Yuma Kagiyama 	Kaori Sakamoto
Mark Kondratiuk 	bgcolor="pink" | Kamila Valieva
bgcolor="e5e4e2" | 'Ivan Shmuratko'	Anastasiia Shabotova
Nathan Chen 	rowspan="2" | Karen Chen 	rowspan="2" |
Vincent Zhou


 Single skating 
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Men competing in the team event performed their short programs on
Friday, 4 February, while women performed theirs on Saturday, 5
February. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds, the short
program had to include the following elements:

For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump;
one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump,
two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple
jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of
foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step
sequence using the full ice surface.

For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump
combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two
triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning
spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin
combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the
full ice surface.

The five teams with the most points after the first round advanced
to the final round. Regardless of their scores in the short
program, the men from the top five teams performed their free
skates on Saturday, 5 February, while the women performed theirs on
Monday, 7 February. The free skate could last no more than 4
minutes, and had to include the following: seven jump elements, of
which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one
had to be a spin combination, one a flying spin, and one a spin
with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic
sequence.


 Pair skating 
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Pairs competing in the team event performed their short programs on
Friday, 4 February. Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds, the
short program had to include the following elements: one pair lift,
one twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or
triple solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot,
one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.

The five teams with the most points after the first round advanced
to the final round. Regardless of their scores in the short
program, the couples from the top five teams performed their free
skates on Monday, 7 February. The free skate could last no more
than 4 minutes, and had to include the following: three pair lifts,
of which one had to be a twist lift; two different throw jumps; one
solo jump; one jump combination or sequence; one pair spin
combination; one death spiral; and a choreographic sequence.


 Ice dance 
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Ice dance couples competing in the team event performed their
rhythm dances on Friday, 4 February. Lasting no more than 2 minutes
50 seconds, the theme of the rhythm dance this season was "street
dance rhythms". Examples of applicable dance styles included
hip-hop, disco, swing, krump, popping, funk, jazz, reggae
(reggaeton), and blues. The required pattern dance element was the
Midnight Blues. The rhythm dance had to include the following
elements: the pattern dance, the pattern dance step sequence, one
dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence.

The five teams with the most points after the first round advanced
to the final round. Regardless of their scores in the rhythm dance,
the couples from the top five teams performed their free dances on
Monday, 7 February. The free dance could last no longer than 4
minutes, and had to include the following: three dance lifts, one
dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in
hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and
three choreographic elements, of which one had to be a
choreographic character step sequence.

The rhythm dance was held on 4 February 2022. After an
uncharacteristic error in their rhythm dance at the 2022 U.S.
Championships caused them to finish in second place, Madison
Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States finished in first
place, setting a new season best score in the process. Hubbell and
Donohue's twizzles were judged level four (the highest possible of
four levels) and their pattern dance a level three.

Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia, who had won the
2021 World Championships, finished a close second. They earned a
level four on their pattern dance, but Katsalapov's twizzles were
judged a level three, while Sinitsina's were judged a level four.
Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy finished in third
place, receiving level four scores for their stationary lift,
twizzles, and pattern dance step sequence. Piper Gilles and Paul
Poirier of Canada, who had won the bronze medals at the 2021 World
Championships, had a solid performance, finishing fourth.

Rhythm dance results	 	 Team	 Nation
| **10**
1	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	86.56	48.50	38.06	9.50	9.32
9.57	9.54	9.64
| **9**
2	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	85.05	46.92	38.13	9.50	9.46
9.43	9.64	9.64
| **8**
3	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	83.83	47.12	36.71	9.14	9.04
9.29	9.21	9.21
| **7**
4	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	82.72	45.47	37.25	9.25	9.11
9.43	9.39	9.39
| **6**
5	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	74.66	41.66	33.00	8.25	8.07
8.39	8.21	8.32
| **5**
6	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	68.99	38.68	30.31	7.54	7.36
7.68	7.64	7.68
| **4**
7	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	66.54	37.15	29.39	7.32	7.18
7.39	7.39	7.46
| **3**
8	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	64.60	35.00	29.60	7.36	7.21
7.50	7.46	7.46
| **2**
9	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	64.08	34.16	29.92	7.50	7.36
7.54	7.43	7.57
| **1**
10	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	63.21	33.53	29.69	7.36	7.25
7.46	7.54	7.50

The free dance was held on 7 February 2022. Victoria Sinitsina and
Nikita Katsalapov of Russia delivered a "beautiful performance",
which Olympic silver medalist and NBC News ice dance commentator
Tanith Belbin White described as "the best". Madison Chock and Evan
Bates of the United States delivered "an excellent and engaging
program" to finish in first place, narrowly beating out Sinitsina
and Katsalapov. Chock and Bates' free skate featured music from
Daft Punk, with Chock dressed as an alien and Bates as an
astronaut. Their performance netted a season-best score. "We have
an opportunity to inspire the next generation of American skaters
with what we do here," Bates said after the team event had
concluded, "because let's be honest, [there are] so many new eyes,
so many new viewers to our sport at this event; that's what makes
it so unique."

Ice dance free dance results	 	 Team	 Nation
| **10**
1	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	129.07	71.81	57.26	9.43	9.29
9.64	9.71	9.64
| **9**
2	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	128.17	71.42	57.75	9.61	9.46
9.71	9.64	9.71
| **8**
3	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	124.39	68.73	55.66	9.21	9.11
9.32	9.36	9.38
| **7**
4	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	107.18	57.41	49.77	8.29	8.14
8.36	8.39	8.29
| **6**
5	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	98.66	54.29	44.37	7.36	7.25
7.43	7.54	7.39


           Judging            
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Skaters were judged according to the required technical elements of
their program (such as jumps and spins), as well as the overall
presentation of their program, based on five program components
(skating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and musical
interpretation). Each technical element in a figure skating
performance was assigned a predetermined base point value and
scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from −5 to +5 based on
the quality of its execution. Each Grade of Execution (GOE) from -5
to +5 was assigned a value as indicated on the Scale of Values. For
example, a triple Axel was worth a base value of 8.00 points, and a
GOE of +3 was worth 2.40 points, so a triple Axel with a GOE of +3
earned 10.40 points. The judging panel's GOE for each element was
determined by calculating the trimmed mean (the average after
discarding the highest and lowest scores). The panel's scores for
all elements were added together to generate a Total Elements
Score. At the same time, the judges evaluated each performance
based on the five aforementioned program components and assigned
each a score from 0.25 to 10 in 0.25-point increments. The judging
panel's final score for each program component was also determined
by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied
by the factor shown on the chart below; the results were added
together to generate a total Program Component Score.

Short program  Rhythm dance
Free skate  Free dance
Program component factoring	 Discipline
Men 	1.00 	2.00
Women 	0.80	1.60
Pairs 	0.80	1.60
Ice dance 	0.80	1.20
Deductions were applied for certain violations, such as time
infractions, stops and restarts, or falls. The Total Elements Score
and Program Component Score were then added together, minus any
deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater
or team.


      Team event scoring      
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The ten skaters or teams in each discipline performed their short
programs and rhythm dances first, and they were judged just as they
would be at any other figure skating competition. The skater or
team in each discipline who received the highest score earned ten
points, the next highest score earned nine points, and so on. Once
all four events were held, the points earned in each event were
totaled, and the five teams with the highest totals moved on to the
final round. Teams could elect to substitute up to two skaters or
teams at this point. The five skaters or teams in each discipline
then performed their free skates and free dances, and again
received scores from the judges. The skater or team in each
discipline who received the highest score earned ten points, and so
on. Once all four events were held, the points earned over both
rounds were totaled to determine the medalists.


           Records            
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The following new record high score was set during this event.

Date	 Skater(s)	 Segment 	 Score
4 February 		Pairs' short program	align=center|82.83


        Medal summary         
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Gold	 Silver	 Bronze
| valign="top" | ****
| valign="top" | ****
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Medal summary


  Results (qualifying round)  
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 Men's singles 
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The men's short program was held on 4 February 2022. Ivan Shmuratko
of Ukraine was forced to withdraw from the team event after he
tested positive for COVID-19. Since Ukraine had no other men
competing in single skating at the Olympics, they could not offer a
substitute, so Ukraine received zero points for the men's event.
Additionally, Keegan Messing of Canada, who had been scheduled to
compete in the team event, was denied entry to China after a
positive COVID-19 test. He was required to provide four negative
COVID-19 tests, two each 24 hours apart, before he would be allowed
to enter China. That last test result was received on 4 February -
the first day of the team event - so Roman Sadovsky competed in his
place. Messing eventually arrived in China in time to compete in
the men's individual event.

Nathan Chen of the United States, having won three consecutive
World Championships and six consecutive U.S. Championships, was
heavily favored to win a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Chen, who had performed below expectations at the 2018 Winter
Olympics, finished in first place after the men's short program,
setting a new season best score of 111.71, and also the
second-highest short program score in history. He also successfully
performed two quadruple jumps. Chen later topped his own score with
a new world record in the short program during the men's individual
event on 8 February.

Shoma Uno of Japan, who had won the silver medal in the men's
individual event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, finished in second
place with a new personal best score. Mark Kondratiuk of Russia,
who had previously won the 2022 European Championships, finished in
third place. Roman Sadovsky, who had only found out he would
compete in the team event the night before, had a failed quadruple
jump and finished in eighth place.

Men's short program results	 	 Skater	 Nation
| **10**
1	align="left" | Nathan	align="left" | 	111.71	63.85	47.86	9.54
9.39	9.64	9.61	9.68
| **9**
2	align="left" | Shoma	align="left" | 	105.46	58.89	46.57	9.43
9.07	9.39	9.32	9.36
| **8**
3	align="left" | Mark	align="left" | 	95.81	52.81	43.00	8.57	8.29
8.64	8.75	8.75
| **7**
4	align="left" | Morisi	align="left" | 	92.37	50.63	41.74	8.39
8.21	8.43	8.39	8.32
| **6**
5	align="left" | Daniel	align="left" | 	88.10	47.18	40.92	8.18
8.00	8.21	8.32	8.21
| **5**
6	align="left" | Jin Boyang Jin Boyang	align="left" | 	82.87
43.91	39.96	8.21	7.71	7.89	8.11	8.04
| **4**
7	align="left" | Michal	align="left" | 	76.77	36.63	40.14	8.21
7.75	8.00	8.11	8.07
| **3**
8	align="left" | Roman	align="left" | 	71.06	32.27	38.79	7.79
7.64	7.61	7.86	7.89
| **2**
9	align="left" | Paul	align="left" | 	68.64	33.43	35.21	7.21	6.89
6.93	7.18	7.00
| **0**
WD	align="left" | Ivan Shmuratko	align="left" | 	colspan="8"
bgcolor="e5e4e2" align="center" | 'Withdrew from competition'

The men's free skate was held on 5 February 2022. Yuma Kagiyama of
Japan, who had won the silver medal at the 2021 World
Championships, finished in first place, successfully landing four
quadruple jumps and two triple Axels, and shattering his personal
best score by over eleven points. Kagiyama was only the third
person to ever score above 200 points in the free skate, joining
Nathan Chen of the United States and Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan.

Mark Kondratiuk of Russia, who had won the 2022 Russian
Championships, finished in second place with a performance that
featured three quadruple jumps. Vincent Zhou, competing on behalf
of the United States, finished in third place after performing the
'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' routine that he had originally
performed in 2019. Zhou had wanted to perform this routine -
'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' being based on a Chinese novel and
starring a cast of Chinese actors - before the all-Chinese audience
at the Olympics. It was also dedicated to his parents who had
emigrated from China in 1992. Zhou later tested positive for
COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from the men's individual
event, rendering this his only performance at the Olympics.

Roman Sadovsky of Canada finished in last place, nearly thirty
points behind Jin Boyang of China. Sadovsky's last-place finish,
coupled with Kagiyama's first-place finish, put the Canadian team
into fourth place, nine points behind Japan. Sadovsky had an error
on his opening quadruple Salchow, and then continued to make a
series of errors as his program progressed. "Definitely not the
outcome I hoped for," he stated afterward. "I've had some good
skates, some not so good skates, but this one is definitely closer
to not so good. But hoping that I can use this opportunity to find
that comfort in the [individual] event."

Men's free skate results	 	 Name	 Nation
| **10**
1	align="left" | Yuma	align="left" | 	208.94	116.50	92.44	9.29
9.00	9.43	9.25	9.25
| **9**
2	align="left" | Mark	align="left" | 	181.65	95.09	86.56	8.75
8.39	8.75	8.68	8.71
| **8**
3	align="left" | Vincent	align="left" | 	171.44	85.24	86.20	8.71
8.46	8.54	8.75	8.64
| **7**
4	align="left" | Jin Boyang Jin Boyang	align="left" | 	155.04
78.26	76.78	7.93	7.32	7.75	7.75	7.64
| **6**
5	align="left" | Roman	align="left" | 	122.60	50.10	74.50	7.57
7.36	7.14	7.68	7.50


 Pairs 
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The pairs' short program was held on 4 February 2022. Minerva
Fabienne Hase and Nolan Seegert of Germany were forced to withdraw
from the team event after Seegert tested positive for COVID-19.
Since Germany had no other teams competing in pair skating at the
Olympics, they could not offer a substitute, so Germany received
zero points for the pairs' event.

Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China set a new world record score in
the pairs' short program with an 82.83. Their routine was described
as "flawless" with solid side-by-side triple toe loops, a throw
triple flip, and elements all graded at level four. Sui and Han
later surpassed their own world record in the pairs' individual
event with a score of 84.41. Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr
Galliamov of Russia finished in second place after a solid
performance that set a new personal best score and garnered level
four values in all elements. Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier of
the United States, who had earlier had to withdraw from the 2022
U.S. Championships when Frazier tested positive for COVID-19,
finished in third place with a new personal best score. Riku Miura
and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan also set a new personal best score and
finished in fourth place.

Pairs' short program results	 	 Team	 Nation
| **10**
1	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	82.83	44.97	37.86	9.36	9.25
9.64	9.54	9.54
| **9**
2	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	82.64	45.22	37.42	9.25	9.21
9.46	9.43	9.43
| **8**
3	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	75.00	41.02	33.98	8.36	8.39
8.61	8.54	8.57
| **7**
4	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	74.45	39.83	34.62	8.68	8.64
8.68	8.75	8.54
| **6**
5	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	67.34	34.06	33.28	8.29	8.18
8.25	8.43	8.46
| **5**
6	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	64.79	35.59	29.20	7.39	7.21
7.32	7.29	7.29
| **4**
7	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	60.30	30.75	30.55	7.82	7.50
7.29	7.86	7.71
| **3**
8	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	56.70	30.01	27.69	7.07	6.71
6.71	7.07	7.04
| **2**
9	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	53.65	28.23	25.42	6.39	6.18
6.29	6.64	6.29
| **0**
WD	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	colspan="8" bgcolor="e5e4e2"
align="center" | 'Withdrew from competition'

The pairs' free skate was held on 7 February 2022. Anastasia
Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov of Russia finished in first place
despite an unexpected fall during their final lift. In 2021,
Mishina and Galliamov had already made history by being the first
pairs team in thirty-five years to win the World Championships in
their first appearance. They had also recently won the 2022
European Championships, setting new world records in all segments
in the process. Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan finished in
second place, while Peng Cheng and Jin Yang of China finished in
third. Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier of the United States, who
were in third place after the short program, finished in fifth
place after Knierim improperly landed a triple jump as a single and
under-rotated another.

Pairs' free skate results	 	 Team	 Nation
| **10**
1	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	145.20	74.97	72.23	9.07	9.04
8.75	9.25	9.04
| **9**
2	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	139.60	70.11	69.49	8.68	8.64
8.86	8.68	8.57
| **8**
3	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	131.75	63.35	68.40	8.54	8.43
8.46	8.75	8.57
| **7**
4	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	130.07	64.46	65.61	8.11	8.04
8.32	8.25	8.29
| **6**
5	align="left" | 	align="left" | 	128.97	62.74	66.23	8.36	8.21
8.11	8.39	8.32


 Women's singles 
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The women's short program was held on 5 February 2022. Kamila
Valieva of Russia, who had set a new world record in the short
program at the 2022 European Championships, finished in first
place, outscoring Wakaba Higuchi of Japan by more than fifteen
points. Valieva landed a triple Axel, making her only the fourth
woman to land one at the Olympics. Tara Lipinski, Olympic gold
medalist and figure skating commentator for NBC Sports, said that
"a talent like this comes along once in a lifetime." At the time,
Valieva's first-place finish gave the Russian team the points they
needed to move into first place. However, Valieva's achievements at
both the European Championships and the Winter Olympics were later
nullified by her retroactive disqualification in 2024.

Wakaba Higuchi delivered a solid performance that included three
triple jumps to finish in second place. Madeline Schizas of Canada
finished in third place with a "standout performance", earning a
new personal best score and ensuring that the Canadian team would
advance to the second round of the competition. Karen Chen of the
United States, who had performed below expectations at the 2018
Winter Olympics, finished in fifth place after falling on her
triple loop.

Women's short program results	 	 Skater	 Nation
| **9**
1	align="left" | Wakaba	align="left" | 	74.73	40.54	34.19	8.61
8.32	8.57	8.61	8.61
| **8**
2	align="left" | Madeline	align="left" | 	69.60	37.56	32.04	7.86
7.79	8.25	8.04	8.11
| **7**
3	align="left" | Anastasiia	align="left" | 	67.56	36.90	30.66
7.71	7.39	7.75	7.61	7.86
| **6**
4	align="left" | Karen	align="left" | 	65.20	32.72	33.48	8.39
8.21	8.21	8.46	8.57
| **5**
5	align="left" | Nicole	align="left" | 	62.66	32.52	30.14	7.50
7.39	7.61	7.54	7.64
| **4**
6	align="left" | Anastasiia	align="left" | 	62.49	35.63	26.86
6.68	6.50	6.79	6.82	6.79
| **3**
7	align="left" | Eliška	align="left" | 	61.05	33.97	27.08	6.79
6.50	7.00	6.64	6.93
| **2**
8	align="left" | Lara Naki	align="left" | 	58.52	30.78	27.74	6.79
6.93	7.00	6.96	7.00
| **1**
9	align="left" | Zhu Yi Zhu Yi (figure skater)	align="left" |
47.03	22.34	25.69	6.57	6.46	6.07	6.64	6.36
| **'**'
align="left" | Kamila	align="left" | 	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'

The women's free skate was held on 7 February 2022. Kamila Valieva
of Russia originally finished in first place, becoming the first
woman to not only successfully perform a quadruple jump at the
Olympics, but to perform two. Despite falling on an attempted third
quadruple jump, Valieva still finished with a margin of over thirty
points ahead of Kaori Sakamoto of Japan. However, all of Valieva's
achievements here were eventually nullified by her later
disqualification. Karen Chen of the United States, who had made
several errors in her short program, delivered a much stronger free
skate, crying tears of happiness and guaranteeing the United States
a silver medal finish. Madeline Schizas of Canada finished in third
place with a "nearly flawless skate" that beat her previous
personal best score and included several triple jump combinations.
It was, however, not enough to pull the Canadian team into third
place, as they were already too far behind in the ranking to make
up the difference.

Women's free skate results	 	 Skater	 Nation
| **9**
1	align="left" | Kaori	align="left" | 	148.66	76.93	71.73	9.11
8.79	9.04	8.93	8.96
| **8**
2	align="left" | Madeline	align="left" | 	132.04	67.53	64.51	8.00
7.86	8.14	8.18	8.14
| **7**
3	align="left" | Karen	align="left" | 	131.52	65.68	65.84	8.25
7.96	8.29	8.29	8.36
| **6**
4	align="left" | Zhu Yi Zhu Yi (figure skater)	align="left" |
91.41	42.79	50.62	6.54	6.21	6.07	6.57	6.25
| **'**'
align="left" | Kamila	align="left" | 	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'


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Upon completion of the women's short program, the top five teams
were cleared to move on to the second round of competition. With
Kamila Valieva's disqualification not yet in effect, the Russian
team was in the lead with 36 points, followed by the United States,
Japan, Canada, and China. The bottom five teams - Georgia, Italy,
the Czech Republic, Germany, and Ukraine - were eliminated from the
competition. Valieva's eventual disqualification deducted ten
points from the Russian score, retroactively demoting them to third
place at this stage of the competition, and elevating the United
States and Japan to first and second, respectively.

Team event results after first round	 	 Nation	 	 	 	 	 	 Status
| **34**
1	align="left" | 	10	10	8	6	rowspan="5" bgcolor="e5e4e2" |
'Advanced to final round'
| **29**
2	align="left" | 	9	4	7	9
| '36' **26**
3	align="left" | 	8	9	9	bgcolor="pink"|'10'
| **24**
4	align=left | 	3	7	6	8
| **22**
5	align=left | 	5	6	10	1
| **22**
6	align=left | 	7	3	5	7	rowspan="5" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | 'Did not
advance to final round'
| **20**
7	align=left | 	6	8	4	2
| **15**
8	align=left | 	4	5	3	3
| **8**
9	align=left | 	2	1	0	5
| **8**
10	align=left | 	0	2	2	4

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The team representing the Russian Olympic Committee initially won
the event, nine points ahead of the United States team, who
finished second. The Japanese team had originally finished in third
place. However, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended
Kamila Valieva for four years retroactive to 25 December 2021, the
International Olympic Committee re-allocated the medals, upgrading
the United States to gold and Japan to silver, while downgrading
the Russian team to bronze.

Team event results after second round	 	 Nation
| **65**
align=left | 	10	10	8	6	8	6	10	7
| **63**
align=left | 	9	4	7	9	10	9	6	9
| data-sort-value="54" | '74'** 54**
align=left | 	8	9	9	bgcolor=pink data-sort-value="0" | '10' 	9
10	9	bgcolor=pink data-sort-value="0" | '10'
| **53**
4	align=left | 	3	7	6	8	6	7	8	8
| **50**
5	align=left | 	5	6	10	1	7	8	7	6


    Results (final round)     
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          Aftermath           
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The medal ceremony originally scheduled for Tuesday, 8 February,
was delayed over what International Olympic Committee (IOC)
spokesperson Mark Adams described as a situation that required
"legal consultation" with the International Skating Union (ISU).
Media outlets reported on 9 February that the issue was a positive
drug test, administered in December 2021, for trimetazidine by
Kamila Valieva, which was officially confirmed on 11 February. The
Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), under suspension from the
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) since 2015 for hiding the positive
doping results of Russian athletes for years, cleared Valieva to
compete on 9 February, a day after the December test results were
released. The IOC and the ISU appealed that decision.

On 14 February, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that
Valieva be allowed to compete in the individual women's event, on
grounds that preventing her from competing "would cause her
irreparable harm in the circumstances", though her gold medal in
the team event was still under consideration. The favorable
decision from the Court was made in part due to her age, as minor
athletes were subject to different rules than adult athletes. The
IOC announced that the medal ceremony would not take place until
the investigation was over and there was a concrete decision on
whether to strip Russia of their medals.

In mid-November, the WADA requested that CAS take up a review of
the case, seeking a four-year suspension of Valieva, which would
exclude her from competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics, and to
disqualify all of her results dating back to the date of her
positive drug test (25 December 2021). WADA President Witold Bańka
wrote that "the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) did not meet a
WADA-imposed Nov. 4 deadline to deliver a verdict" on Valieva's
case. In January 2023, RUSADA cleared Valieva of any wrongdoing.

Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA),
criticized both WADA and the ISU for not taking the matter directly
to the CAS: "You know, both [WADA and the ISU] could have gone
directly to [the CAS], and taken [the decision] out of Russian
hands ... Because we knew, you can't have a non-compliant
[organization] making a fair, balanced decision."




On 29 January 2024, the CAS disqualified Valieva for four years
retroactive to 25 December 2021 for the positive test for
trimetazidine, which they ruled constituted an anti-doping rule
violation. On 30 January 2024, the ISU, among other actions,
subtracted Valieva's points from Russia's score without changing
any other scores, and re-allocated the medals in the figure skating
team event, upgrading the United States and Japan to gold and
silver, respectively, while downgrading Russia to bronze. Skate
Canada accused the ISU of not following its own rule, which
required that "competitors having finished the competition and who
initially placed lower than [a] disqualified competitor will move
up accordingly in their placement". Had the other women in the team
event received one additional point each for moving up one place,
each of the other four teams in the final would have earned two
additional points, including Canada, which would have placed them
ahead of Russia. In a statement on 9 February, the ISU contended
that the rule did not apply in this case: "In any complex and
extraordinary situation like this, the reallocation of points could
negatively affect the relative team ranking, adversely impacting
teams that had nothing to do with the incident in question".

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), Skate Canada, and the members
of the Canadian figure skating team appealed the decision to the
CAS, requesting that two points be added to the scores of the teams
from the United States, Japan, Canada, and China; thus awarding the
Canadian team the bronze. Three separate Russian appeals were also
filed - one each by the ROC, the Russian Figure Skating Federation,
and the Russian team (which included Valieva) - requesting
reinstatement of the gold medals. All four appeals named the ISU as
defendant, with the Canadian appeal additionally including all
three Russia appellants and the IOC as defendants. The Russian
appeals were dismissed on 25 July; the Canadian appeal was
dismissed on 1 August, thereby finalizing the results.

At the ISU Congress held in June 2022, members of the ISU Council
accepted a proposal to gradually increase the minimum age for
senior competition to seventeen beginning with the 2024-2025
season. So as to avoid forcing skaters who had already competed at
the senior level to return to the junior level, the age limit
remained unchanged during the 2022-2023 season, before increasing
to sixteen for the 2023-2024 season, and then seventeen for the
2024-2025 season. Although there had been previous proposals to
increase this age limit, the 2022 vote gained traction following
the 2022 Winter Olympics, where Kamila Valieva had only been
fifteen years old when she competed.


        Medal ceremony        
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The inordinate delay in awarding the medals from the team event was
distressing for the skaters involved. Zachary Donohue of the United
States described the loss felt by members of the American team:
missing out on the Olympic medal ceremony, missed financial
opportunities that come from being an Olympic medalist, missed
sponsorships, and the loss of status from being able to describe
oneself as an Olympic medalist.



Vincent Zhou of the United States described the situation thusly:
"It felt like a sting on the history of figure skating and the
Olympics. It reflects poorly on the integrity of sport in the
Olympics in general. There's been a shocking lack of transparency
and communication, not just to the public, but to the athletes
themselves." On the one-year anniversary of the 2022 Winter Olympic
opening ceremony, U.S. Figure Skating posted a picture on social
media of the entire U.S. skating team standing in front of the
Olympic rings, dressed in their team uniforms and holding empty
presentation boxes that should have held medals.



The American and Japanese teams ultimately received their medals at
a ceremony which took place on 7 August 2024 at the Jardins du
Trocadéro during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The Russian
team was unable to attend the medal ceremony due to the suspension
of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and other related logistical
issues. According to Sport Express, the Russian skaters filed a
complaint with the Court of Arbitration for Sport over not
receiving an invitation to the ceremony. In January 2025, Match TV,
citing the IOC press service, reported that the bronze medals would
be handed over to the ROC when it became logistically possible to
do so.


           See also           
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* Doping in figure skating
* List of stripped Olympic medals


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