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Lawyers for Team USA's figure skaters have filed an appeal for their women's medals to be awarded before Sunday's closing ceremony. The medals for the women's team figure skating event have yet to be awarded as the doping case against the Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) Kamila Valieva remains ongoing.
American Timothy LeDuc became the first openly non-binary competitor to compete at a Winter Olympics after featuring in the pairs figure skating. LeDuc, who uses the gender-neutral pronouns they/them, and partner Ashley Cain-Gribble recorded a season's best score of 74.13 in the short programme at Beijing 2022, progressing to Saturday's final free skate. Ad/> It was an historic moment for LeDuc but one of great significance for Cain-Gribble too, who has also admitted to being «body-shamed» for her height.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Alexander Bolshunov brushed off fears of frostbite to take gold for the Russian Olympic Committee in the men's 50km freestyle race on Saturday, saying the harder the conditions, the easier it was for him and his team.
Click on the video player above to watch live coverage of the pairs figure skating competition at Beijing Olympic Winter Games.
Thomas Bach said Friday it was "chilling" to see how Kamila Valieva's coach treated the Russian teenager after a doping scandal engulfing the skater culminated in an error-strewn performance at the Beijing Olympics. The International Olympic Committee president said he was "very disturbed" to see the 15-year-old fall several times in Thursday's women's figure skating final, as she unravelled and sobbed under the glare of the global spotlight. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is looking into Valieva's entourage, after the doping controversy tarnished the second week of the Games in the Chinese capital.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China: Alexander Bolshunov of the Russian Olympic Committee blazed his way to a third Olympic gold medal at the Beijing Games, winning the men's 50km title in a gruelling race postponed by an hour and shortened to 30km due to high winds on Saturday.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Attorneys for the U.S. figure skaters whose Olympic silver medals are being withheld have notified the IOC that they have filed an appeal to have them awarded before the end of the Beijing Games, The Associated Press has learned.
Anna Shcherbakova has the Olympic gold medal safely around her neck.