The French firm Pinna Legal, founded by lawyer Andrea Pinna, was responsible for the defense of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Sportsnet reports.
On January 29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules due to the presence of a banned substance in her blood. The penalty period will be notified starting from December 2021.
This did not prevent the athlete from competing at the Olympic Games in Beijing, where he won the gold medal in the team tournament. On January 30, the International Skating Union (ISU) reviewed the results of the competition and awarded the Russians third place. Gold went to the US team and silver went to the Japanese team.
Valieva, among other things, lost the gold medals of the Russian Championship 2022 and the gold medal of the European Championship 2022, where a sample that gave a positive result for a banned drug was taken.
January 31 Valieva’s coach Eteri Tutberidze statedHe doubted that “at least one of the athletes defended him at the hearing”, adding that “the verdict could not have been worse”.
Previously Tarasova in the name The tragedy of Valieva’s disqualification.