“Kamila Valieva’s chances of retaining gold at the 2022 Olympics have not changed, the question remains open” – lawyer Antseliovich

Russian figure skater’s chances Kamila Valieva To retain gold at the 2022 Olympics in the team competitions, the question remains open, sports lawyer Anna Antseliovich told .

Hearings in the Valieva case before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will resume on November 9 and 10. At the 2022 Beijing Olympics, Valieva helped the Russian team win gold in the team competition. Before the personal tournament, it became known that the banned drug trimetazidine was found during the doping test of the figure skater of the Russian championship. The CAS admitted the Russian to the individual competitions of the Games, where she took fourth place.

“We have no information; after all, our meeting is closed.” CAS meetings are always closed for the most part, unless the parties agree in advance that it will be a public hearing. Therefore, I cannot draw any conclusions as to whether or not it is good that the meeting was postponed. The very fact of the postponement indicates nothing. In particular, we do not know who initiated the postponement of the meeting. Maybe it was actually the athlete’s side. The postponement was made to clearly guarantee the parties the right to read any new evidence and present their positions. Maybe it was just to the athlete’s advantage. But ultimately, it’s neither bad nor good. It’s just a procedural point.

— Before the last meeting, you said that Valieva has a great chance of retaining gold at the 2022 Olympics. It turns out that the situation has not changed?

– Yes. I think the odds haven’t changed, because we don’t know what internal discussions took place there. In my opinion, the question of the medal is open. There is no automatic cancellation. There is every reason to believe that the principles of justice will still be taken into account and the medal can be saved,” Antseliovich told .