Russia and Canada have filed appeals with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the re-ranking of the figure skating team event at the 2022 Olympics after Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was banned for four-years and disqualified from the competition.
After the CAS decision on the Valieva case, the figure skating ruling body ISU published a new ranking dismissing Valieva's individual results and points.
The United States were declared figure skating champions at the 2022 Beijing Olympics with 65 points, Japan were awarded silver (63 points), while Russia took bronze (54 points). The Russians had initially scored 74 points. Canada were fourth (53 points).
In the appeal, Russia is now demanding the original ranking to be retained, therefore, with the Russian team crowned champions.
Canada, meanwhile, wants the Russians to be relegated to fourth place, which would see the Canadian take bronze.
"Given the early stage of the proceedings, no indication can be given as to when a hearing may take place, if any," the CAS said in a statement on Monday.
Then 15, Valieva helped Russia win the team gold at the Beijing Games with a stunning performance.
But the medal ceremony never took place as it emerged right afterwards that she had tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine on December 25, 2021, at the Russian championships.
Valieva was later cleared by a Russian anti-doping tribunal but that ruling was contested by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the ruling skating body ISU who asked the CAS to impose a four-year ban and disqualification from all events after the positive test.
This was granted by the CAS last month after a long process, with Valieva banned from December 25, 2021, for four years.
Valieva has not competed internationally since the Beijing Games, with Russian skaters banned since the start of the country's invasion of Ukraine a few days after the closing ceremony in February 2022.
Her ban runs until December 2025, a few weeks before the next Winter Olympics in Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
