Olympic ice dancing champion Natalya Bestemyanova believes that today’s decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will not put an end to the case of the 17-year-old athlete.
Previously, the CAS press service told that the decision in the Valieva/CIO/RUSADA/AMA case would be published on Monday around 17:00 Moscow time.
— What are your expectations regarding the CAS decision?
“I don’t see the point in making a wish so I don’t have to get upset later.” » I hope we like the result. But whatever the decision, Valieva’s trial still won’t be over today. All parties have the opportunity to appeal and start again,” Bestemyanova said, as quoted by RB Sport.
Valieva at the Beijing Olympics 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 (DAK RUSADA) ruled that although Valieva 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.
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