At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the USA's figure skating team experienced a remarkable turn of events that led to them being awarded the gold medal in the team event. Initially finishing second behind the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the US team's fortunes changed due to a doping scandal involving Russian skater Kamila Valieva.
Valieva's positive test for the performance-enhancing substance trimetazidine resulted in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) disqualifying her from all competitive results achieved since the test. As a result, the US team was elevated to first place, with Japan moving up to second.
