Art fighter Valieva caught on doping may stay at the Olympics
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva can compete in the individual tournament at the Beijing Olympics. The international sports tribunal CAS rejected the appeal against the lifting of her doping suspension. The 15-year-old Valieva can therefore start on Tuesday in the short freestyle.
The appeal was lodged by three major bodies: the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Skating Union ISU and the global anti-doping agency WADA.
Valieva is the sensation in figure skating. She already won gold with the Russian team in Beijing, but that medal was not awarded because a positive doping test from her became known quite unexpectedly. It concerned a check on December 25 at the Russian Championships. The banned substance trimetazidine was found in her urine sample.