Team USA celebrate on the podium after winning silver in the figure skating mixed team competition. Photo: DPA
Team USA celebrate on the podium after winning silver in the figure skating mixed team competition. Photo: DPA

Winter Olympics: US figure skaters file legal challenge to force IOC to award medals before end of Games

  • The figure skating mixed team medal ceremony was abandoned by the IOC after Russia’s Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance
  • The letter from the Americans says the IOC’s own rules mandate that a medal ceremony must be held at the conclusion of each event

Team USA celebrate on the podium after winning silver in the figure skating mixed team competition. Photo: DPA
Team USA celebrate on the podium after winning silver in the figure skating mixed team competition. Photo: DPA
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