Her case shook the Olympic Games in Beijing: the Russian figure skater Kamila Valiewa was allowed to compete despite positive doping tests. Now the doping affair continues.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is bringing the case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valiyeva to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport and demanding a four-year ban. This was announced by WADA on Tuesday (02/21/23).
Start despite positive doping tests
In mid-January, the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) waived a penalty for the 16-year-old after her positive test before the Winter Olympics in Beijing. At that time, WADA already expressly reserved the right to appeal before the CAS.
At the 2022 Beijing Games, an ad hoc CAS commission allowed Valiyeva to take part in the individual decision, despite a previously reported positive doping test for the banned drug trimetazidine.
Pressure too great for the only 15-year-old
After taking first place in the short program, the exceptional talent collapsed under public pressure in the freestyle and fell back to fourth place.
WADA requests four-year ban
Most recently, WADA called CAS because RUSADA had not published the results of its investigation for a long time. RUSADA initially justified this by saying that the then 15-year-old runner had to be considered a “protected person”.
WADA is now demanding a four-year ban in Lausanne and the deletion of all results since December 25, 2021. This would also affect the Russian team, which won gold in Beijing. The USA would then be the winners ahead of Japan and Canada.