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Watch: U.S. figure skating receives gold medals for Beijing Games -- under the Eiffel Tower

Members of the U.S. Olympic figure skating team pose for a photo after receiving gold medals following the disqualification of Team Russia for doping after the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing
Michael Reaves
Members of the U.S. Olympic figure skating team pose for a photo after receiving gold medals following the disqualification of Team Russia for doping after the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing
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Watch: U.S. figure skating receives gold medals for Beijing Games -- under the Eiffel Tower
Above video: The U.S. figure skating team receives gold medals in a Paris ceremony two years removed from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. In the wake of a Russian doping scandal, the U.S. was upgraded from silver to gold in July. Can't view the above video? Click here. A touch of winter came to the Summer Games on Wednesday when the United States figure skating team finally got their gold medals as 2022 Olympic champions.The special medal ceremony allowed the nine Americans to parade on a runway in the bright Paris sunshine, gaze at the Eiffel Tower and bask in warm cheers from the fans packed into the stands at Champions Park.Exactly 2½ years after the figure skating team event ended at the Beijing Olympics — and the doping saga of the winning Russian team started — the Americans got the medals that weren’t awarded at the time.All nine American skaters came to Paris, including Evan Bates, Nathan Chen, Madison Chock, Zachary Donohue, Brandon Frazier, Madison Hubbell, Alexa Knierim and Vincent Zhou. Seven of the eight members of the Japan team came to get their silver medals — an upgrade from their third-place result in Beijing.

Above video: The U.S. figure skating team receives gold medals in a Paris ceremony two years removed from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. In the wake of a Russian doping scandal, the U.S. was upgraded from silver to gold in July. Can't view the above video? Click here.

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A touch of winter came to the Summer Games on Wednesday when the United States figure skating team finally got their gold medals as 2022 Olympic champions.

The special medal ceremony allowed the nine Americans to parade on a runway in the bright Paris sunshine, gaze at the Eiffel Tower and bask in warm cheers from the fans packed into the stands at Champions Park.

Exactly 2½ years after the figure skating team event ended at the Beijing Olympics — and the doping saga of the winning Russian team started — the Americans got the medals that weren’t awarded at the time.

All nine American skaters came to Paris, including Evan Bates, Nathan Chen, Madison Chock, Zachary Donohue, Brandon Frazier, Madison Hubbell, Alexa Knierim and Vincent Zhou.

Seven of the eight members of the Japan team came to get their silver medals — an upgrade from their third-place result in Beijing.