Zhurova believes that a positive decision in the Valieva case will have a positive impact on the country’s image

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will be acquitted before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), if the judges are honest and fair, such a decision will restore the reputation of the athlete and will have a positive impact on the image of the country, the Olympic champion in speed skating and The State Duma deputy told Svetlana Jourova .

The CAS is expected to issue a decision on Valieva’s doping case on Monday, January 29.

— If we consider the CAS law as a precedent, then in previous similar cases there was a positive decision. In this case, Kamila’s team will be successful. Just recently, another of our athletes was acquitted in a similar case. And this is not the first time that this has also happened to foreign athletes.

If it comes to politics, no one will acquit. If the result is positive, Russia will have Olympic medals and the girl’s reputation and the country’s image will be restored. It will be interesting to see the final solution. If the judges are honest and fair, everything should be fine. I really hope for a positive result,” Zhurova told .

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 2023, the anti-doping disciplinary committee of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (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) appealed to the CAS.