US Olympic figure skaters finally get gold medals after Russian doping scandal halted Beijing Olympics podium

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More than two years after missing out on gold medals due to an opponent's doping use, the U.S. Olympic figure skating team finally received their hardware.

U.S. and Japan figure skaters took to a podium at Champions Park in Paris on Wednesday to receive their gold and silver medals, which they earned at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. 

At the time, Russia took gold in the event, much due to the help of 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, who became the first woman ever to land a quadruple jump at the Olympics.

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Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, reacts in the women's team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

However, Valieva tested positive for trimetazidine — a banned drug that prevents angina — at the Russian national championships in December 2021, and the results of the test were only made public the day after the team final in Beijing. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) then ruled that no medals for the team figure skating event would be officially presented until Valieva's case was resolved.

The Olympians then had to wait nearly two years to know what medal they would even receive. 

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The team released a statement on Instagram Feb. 2, 2023, that said its athletes were "deeply frustrated by the lack of a final decision in the Team Event."

"They have long deserved the recognition that has been withheld due to the ongoing process," the statement