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If and when US Olympic gold medalist figure skating duo Madison Chock and Evan Bates take the ice at the Milano-Cortina Olympics in February, they will be four years removed from watching their gold initially go to an opponent who was later disqualified for doping violations.

Chock and Bates initially had to settle for team silver with their American teammates on the podium at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Team Russia, and then-15-year-old Kamila Valieva stood above them with their gold medals.

It wasn’t until the end of January 2024, when the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) found Valieva guilty for an anti-doping rule violation, were Chock, Bates and the U.S. declared the rightful 2022 gold medalists.

Valieva had returned an adverse analyt

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