Figure skater Yoo Young goes from 6th to 5th at the Beijing Olympics... Follow-up action on Valieva doping

Kim Ye-rim also rose one place from 9th to 8th.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kyung-yoon Kim = The final ranking of Yoo Young (Kyung Hee University), who ranked 6th in the women's single figure skating event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, rose to 5th.

This is because the performance of Russia's Kamila Valieva, who was disqualified for doping violations, was excluded.

The Korea Skating Federation announced on the 2nd, "The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to redistribute Olympic diplomas following changes in the final rankings of the women's figure skating singles at the Beijing Winter Olympics."

The IOC notified the change in the final rankings of the event through an official letter sent to the Korea Sports Council on the 30th of last month.

Accordingly, Kim Ye-rim (Dankook University), who was ranked 9th at the time, also rose one place to 8th.

The Olympic certificate is an official certificate awarded to athletes ranked 1st to 8th in each event.

Yooyoung received the 5th place listing instead of the existing 6th place listing, and Kim Ye-rim received the 8th place listing.

This measure is a follow-up procedure following Valieva's violation of anti-doping rules.

The International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) concluded that Valieva violated anti-doping rules on January 29, 2024, and suspended her as an athlete for four years from December 25, 2021. In addition, all match performances during that period were disqualified.