American figure skaters held an unusual action to draw attention to the 500-day trial of Russian Kamila Valieva.
At the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, the Americans took second place in the team tournament. The victory was won by the Russian team with Valieva in the composition, but the award ceremony did not take place, since a doping investigation was launched against the athlete.
On June 24, 2022 Team Tournament participants from Team USA donated empty medal boxes to the nation’s Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs.
Sports Arbitration Court handle Hearings on the Valieva case, September 26-29.
Recall that a prohibited substance was found in the sample given by the athlete in December 2021. They wanted to remove him from participating in the Games.
On January 13, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that it had been notified by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) of the organization’s court’s decision to acquit Valieva, who was not guilty of violating the anti-doping rule.
Previously in the State Duma declarationThat the proceedings in the Valieva case should not be related to the SVO.