Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova in an interview TASS He stated that he doubted the impartial attitude of the arbitral tribunal that will evaluate Kamila Valieva’s case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
“I do not think that the court, whose president is American, will surprise us with a fair decision in our opinion. Especially in relation to a talented Russian girl who is not to blame for anything. You don’t care because we know that he is not responsible for what happened,” Tarasova said.
The meeting will be held on September 26-28, and September 29 will be determined as a reserve day in case of unforeseen difficulties. Valieva will join the meeting via video link.
It is emphasized that Valieva’s side demands that the court accept that it does not have the authority to investigate this case and examine the statements of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the International Skating Union (ISU) and Russian Anti-Doping. Agency (RUSADA). The Russian athlete demands correction of all his results.
Earlier Tatyana Tarasova called savagery Margarita Drobyazko’s deprivation of Lithuanian citizenship.