The American team has asked to allow its representative to attend the CAS hearing in the Valieva case.

Down-the-line.com / Figure Skating. The US figure skating team has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to allow its representative to attend the hearing in the case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. Members of the US Olympic team who participated in the Beijing 2022 Games sent a letter to this effect.

They requested a seat for their representative so that he could attend the hearing. In this case, the hearings will be in camera.

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Valieva tested positive for trimetazidine at the Russian Championship in December 2021. This came to light during the February 2022 Olympic Games. Valieva, as a member of the Russian team, won gold at the Olympic tournament by team, the US team took second place. The awarding of prizes at the Olympics did not take place due to the start of an anti-doping investigation against the Russian.

The CAS hearings in the case of the Russian figure skater will be held from September 26 to 29.