And that is totally fine. Why should he come back? He has more freedom in performance than ever! His successes as a pro skater speak for themselves. Also come on with his multiple injuries and age he deserves to step far away from competition. His strong "NONE" is funny though.
Says a lot about this sport and its fans that we all went "THERAPY! BRING OUT HOPE AND LEGACY!" after last night. And it says something about Yuzuru as a skater and a representative of the sport, and I don't think I have to elaborate on that.
ISU announces reallocation of placements due to Valieva’s disqualification
2022 Olympic Team Event:
🥇USA
🥈Japan
🥉ROC
The scores were calculated by removing Valieva’s points, but the remaining women’s placements were not recalculated.
2022 Olympic Women’s Event: Valieva DQ from her 4th place ranking
2022 European Championships: Valieva DQ from her 1st place ranking
🥇Anna Shcherbakova
🥈Alexandra Trusova
🥉Loena Hendrickx
Full ISU statement
Following the ISU statement, the Russian Olympic Committee announced that it would appeal the ISU decision on the team event to CAS, on the grounds that sanctions against an individual athlete should not be the basis for reviewing results for a team event. Source
ETA: Skate Canada has issued a statement on the ISU’s decision. They disagree with the placements and will consider an appeal.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued its decision in the Kamila Valieva case
• Ms Valieva is found to have committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) under Clause 4.1 of the All-Russian Anti-Doping Rules of 24 June 2021 (the Russian ADR).
• A period of four (4) years ineligibility is imposed on Ms Valieva, starting on 25 December 2021.
• All competitive results of Ms Valieva from 25 December 2021 are disqualified, with all the resulting consequences (including forfeiture of any titles, awards, medals, profits, prizes, and appearance money).
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The consequences linked to the retroactive disqualification of Ms Valieva from past events, including from the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, were not within the scope of this arbitration procedure and will have to be examined by the sports organisations concerned.
A small gif set of *that* part of Shoma's programs the past few seasons ⋆˙⟡♡
Happy birthday Shoma! Your skating is truly special and unmatched. Wishing you the best in your journey towards finding your self-satisfaction~ Hope you have a great year ahead of you! ⋆˙⟡♡