At the International Skating Union (ISU) at the request of the Agency TASS They said that they found it necessary to give a guilty verdict regarding the hearing regarding the doping case of Kamila Valieva, the 2022 European champion in women’s singles.
According to the ISU, young athletes should be held accountable for crimes regardless of their age.
“ISU is of the opinion that all young athletes should be protected from doping, but this protection should not be achieved by exempting them from sanctions,” the statement said.
Hearings in the Valieva case will be held behind closed doors in Lausanne on September 26, 27 and 28, and September 29 will be designated as an alternate day. The Russian athlete will testify via video conference. The decision will be made by three referees: American Jeffrey Mishkin, Frenchman Mathieu Maisonneuve and chairman James Drake from England.
A doping scandal broke out around Kamila Valieva during the 2022 Olympics. A banned substance was found in the sample taken by the athlete in December 2021. They wanted to disqualify him from participating in the Games. Literally a day before the start of the women’s individual competition, it was decided to admit her to the tournament.
Previously coach Tatyana Tarasova named The odds of Kamila Valieva being disqualified for four years are crazy.