Addison’s Alexa Knierim has waited more than 900 days to receive the Olympics gold medal she won in 2022. Here’s why.

PARIS — It has been 902 days since Addison native Alexa Knierim and her teammates medaled in the team figure skating event at the Beijing Winter Olympics. In that time, she has won a world championship in pairs skating, gone on tour, retired from competition, moved back to the Chicago suburbs and started a coaching career. And yet she still hasn’t received her medal.

As the Paris Summer Games began Friday with a historic opening ceremony along the Seine River, a headline-grabbing controversy from the previous Olympics was finally resolved. The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected an appeal Thursday involving the disqualification of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who tested positive for a banned substance at a national competition shortly before the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Her doping violation became public after Russia was declared the winner of the team figure skating event, beating the United States and Japan for the top podium spot.

The ruling means the U.S. squad — which includes Knierim and her partner Brandon Frazier — will be awarded the gold medal, with Japan moving into the silver spot.

The court is still considering a dispute as to whether the bronze should go to Canada or the Russian skaters other than Valieva. In the wake of the court’s ruling, U.S.

Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced the American team would receive their medal at a special ceremony during the Paris Games. The details have not yet been finalized, though it’s likely to t.