Guberniev: “I don’t expect anything good from the CAS decision in the Valieva case”

Presenter and commentator at Dmitry Guberniev said he does not expect anything positive from the verdict of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of the figure skater Kamila Valieva .

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. The award ceremony for the Olympic medalists in the team tournament has not yet taken place.

— What decision will the CAS make in Valieva’s case?

— What a guess, it’s 50/50 here, either we’re Olympic champions or we’re not. “Personally, I do not expect anything good from the CAS decision in this case,” Guberniev said in an interview with .

Following the investigation, 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 CAS hearings concluded in mid-November. A final decision is expected by the end of January 2024.