Travis Tigert, head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), was critical of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s (RUSADA) involvement in the case against Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. Words of USADA president twitter Christine Brennan reports.
“It is hard to understand allowing a disobedient organization (RUSADA no longer has World Anti-Doping Code compliance status due to violations) to be a party to such a process. “Besides the fact that they were allowed to make the original decision, which is now on appeal.”
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. They wanted to remove him from participating in the Games.
On January 13, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) notified her of the organization’s court decision to acquit Valieva, who was not guilty of violating its anti-doping rule. But the athlete was deprived of the gold medal of the Russian Championship in 2021.
It is reported that Irina Rodnina, a deputy of the State Duma, was previously a three-time Olympic champion in pair skating. spoke The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) said it appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against the disciplinary anti-doping committee’s decision to find figure skater Kamila Valieva not guilty of a doping violation.