Winter Olympics 2022 - Team USA lawyers appeal to CAS for figure skating medals to be awarded before closing ceremony

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.

Ad/> The International Olympic Committee have ruled that no medal ceremony that included Valieva would occur until the case is resolved. Beijing 2022'Coaches hit me with pads' — 2018 champion Savchenko opens up on skating trauma2 HOURS AGO But the Associated Press have obtained a letter sent to IOC president Thomas Bach by Team USA lawyers explaining that they would ask the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a ruling before Sunday's closing ceremony so the medals can be awarded.

The ROC won gold in the event, with the USA taking silver, but they are yet to find out whether that will be bumped up to a gold. They were offered torches instead of medals in the meantime.