The World Anti-Doping Agency requests a four-year suspension for Russian figure skater Valieva

The World Anti-Doping Agency (AMA) has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) the acquittal by the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) of the skater Kamila Valieva, who tested positive for doping and has requested a four-year suspension for the athlete.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
21 February 2023 Tuesday 15:27
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The World Anti-Doping Agency requests a four-year suspension for Russian figure skater Valieva

The World Anti-Doping Agency (AMA) has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) the acquittal by the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) of the skater Kamila Valieva, who tested positive for doping and has requested a four-year suspension for the athlete.

WADA considers that RUSADA's conclusion that the athlete was not at fault or negligence in that positive "is erroneous under the terms of the World Anti-Doping Code" and that is why it has filed the appeal.

The global anti-doping policy regulatory body requests in its appeal that Valieva receive a four-year sanction and the disqualification of all its results from the date of sample collection, December 25, 2021.

During the Winter Olympic Games held in Beijing in February 2022, a positive result of the skater came to light in a control carried out two months earlier, in which traces of trimetazidine, a drug against angina pectoris prohibited by WADA, were detected. since 2014 because it would promote blood circulation.

By then, Valieva had already won Olympic team gold, and because the case was unresolved, she was able to continue competing and was fourth in the individual final. She was then 15 years old.

Despite the positive, the CAS authorized Valieva to continue competing in the Tokyo Games, alleging the skater's condition as a minor that made her a "protected person" according to the AMA rules for which this decision was made. decision based on "exceptional circumstances" that supported its decision.

Valieva, who became the first woman to achieve a quadruple jump at the Olympics during the team event, had been the favorite to win the individual gold but missed out on an individual medal after falling to fourth with a free skate. full of errors.