The CAS plans to publish a decision in the Valieva case no later than February 12, 2024 – ISU

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) plans to publish a decision on the doping case of a Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva no later than February 12, 2024, according to the International Skating Union (ISU) website.

The hearings in the Valieva case before the CAS ended in mid-November. The court previously announced that it would deliver its verdict by the end of January.

“The Court of Arbitration for Sport plans to issue a decision regarding the proceedings involving the ISU, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) and Valieva no later than February 12, 2024,” the statement said. . » said the statement.

Valieva at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing 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 allowed the Russian to participate in the individual competitions at the Games, where she finished fourth. The award ceremony for the winners of the team tournament has not yet taken place.

In January this year, RUSADA’s anti-doping disciplinary committee 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, ISU and WADA filed appeals with the CAS, which were grouped into a single procedure.