Figure skater Valieva, after winning the short program at the stage of the Russian Grand Prix in Kazan, underwent anti-doping control

Won the short program at the Russian Figure Skating Grand Prix in Kazan Kamila Valieva After speaking to the press, she went to doping control, reports a correspondent.

On Saturday, Valieva received 81.09 points from the judges for her short program and took first place. The skaters will present their free program on Sunday.

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 Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) admitted the Russian to the individual competitions of the Games, where she took fourth place. The award ceremony for the Olympic medalists in the team tournament has not yet taken place.

In January this year, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s Anti-Doping Disciplinary Committee (DAK RUSADA) ruled that although Valieva had committed an anti-doping rule violation, she bore “no fault or negligence.” The athlete avoided sanctions, except for the cancellation of his results on the date of sample collection – December 25, 2021. Subsequently, RUSADA, the International Skating Union (ISU) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) filed appeals to CAS, which were consolidated into one proceeding. The first CAS hearings took place on September 26 and 28 and resumed on November 9 and 10. The CAS said on Friday that hearings in Valieva’s case have been completed and a final decision is expected to be made by the end of January 2024.