After a long and arduous wait, the U.S. Olympic figure skating team has finally been awarded their well-deserved gold medals. The team, along with their Japanese counterparts, stood proudly on the podium at Champions Park in Paris to receive their gold and silver medals from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Originally, Russia had claimed the gold in the event, largely thanks to the remarkable performance of 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, who made history by landing the first-ever quadruple jump by a woman at the Olympics. However, Valieva's triumph was tainted when she tested positive for trimetazidine, a banned substance that is used to prevent angina, during the Russian national championships in December 2021.
