The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expressed interest in expedite the appeal the International Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has filed with the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of Russian figure skater Kamilla Valieva.
The Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) had previously determined that although Valieva committed an anti-doping rule violation, it was not her fault or negligence. This decision was appealed by WADA to the CAS.
“The IOC welcomes WADA’s decision to refer this matter to CAS, which brings us one step closer to the final decision that athletes have been so desperately waiting for.
As for the non-Olympic scrutiny affecting the results of the figure skating team and individual competitions at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, the IOC hopes the case will be resolved as soon as possible.
Only the completion of the case will allow the International Skating Union to determine the final results of team figure skating competitions at these Games, and the IOC to decide on the distribution of medals,” he said. TASS At the IOC press office.
Recall that during the 2022 Olympics, a doping scandal broke out around the athlete. A banned substance was found in a sample that Valieva gave in December 2021. She won the gold medal at the figure skater team tournament in the capital of China. He did not reach medals in the individual championship.
Travis Tygart, former head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) hopedHe said that once the Kamila Valieva case is transferred to CAS, justice will be restored.