MAGNITOGORSK, February 16, Vlad Zhukov. Participant in the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, Mark Kondratyuk admitted that he did not understand how the Russian team ended up with bronze after the redistribution of awards.
Kondratyuk, as part of the Russian national team, won gold in the Olympic team tournament. After the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) banned team member Kamila Valieva for four years for an anti-doping rule violation and voided her results effective December 25, 2021, the International Skating Union (ISU) announced a redistribution of awards. According to the release, gold now belongs to the US team, silver to the Japanese team, and the Russians with bronze medals.
“»It seems to me that no one calculated the option that there would be bronze. There were options — gold, fourth place or nothing. When they showed me the document during training, I didn’t understand how it happened. I calculated the points several times, and it seemed that we should be fourth,” Kondratyuk told reporters.
“As for the attitude (to this decision), I can’t say anything. I’m waiting for the result. As for the rest, I know and don’t want to,” the skater noted.
“On Friday, Kondratyuk performed a short program at the All-Russian Winter Spartakiad in Magnitogorsk, with a clean skate with two quadruple jumps, he received 98.35 points. “This is due to the rotation that was not forgotten. This is probably my main achievement today — that I did not forget a single rotation. I am satisfied, glad that it was not bad, that in general terms it turned out. Not ideal, of course, but okay,” he noted figure skater.
The athlete performed part of the program with a red cloth in his hand. “I have a piece of material on my suit. Unfortunately, it decided to come off, and I finished the program with it in my hand,” Kondratyuk explained.
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