“We believe this deduction was applied incorrectly and does not accurately reflect the performance delivered on the ice,” learn a BIS statement., external
“As an organisation, British Ice Skating stands for fairness, clarity, and transparency in sport. In this instance, we do not believe those principles have been upheld.
“All athletes need to be judged with consistency, integrity, and transparency on the highest stage of competitors.
“We are formally challenging this decision and will be raising our concerns with the International Skating Union.”
Olympic champions Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry of France gained gold with 230.81 factors to develop into solely the fourth pair to win Olympic, world and European titles in the identical season.
They completed 19.29 factors forward of the sphere, the most important profitable margin in World Championship historical past.
Canada’s Olympic bronze medallists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier gained silver, forward of Zingas and Kolesnik, who completed on 209.20 factors, with Fear and Gibson ending on 208.98.
Fear and Gibson, who gained bronze ultimately yr’s World Championships, missed out on a medal on the Olympics final month due to a mistake of their free dance routine.
Earlier, American star Ilia Malinin gained a 3rd successive males’s gold.
He missed out on an Olympic medal last month after falling twice within the free skate.
