Athletistic/ Figure skating. On January 29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) imposed a four-year ban from competition on Kamila Valieva due to an anti-doping rule violation.
The ban is counted from the moment the sample was taken – December 25, 2021. Additionally, Valieva was deprived of fourth place at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and removed from the women’s tournament protocol. Anna Shcherbakova won gold with 255.95 points.
Due to Valieva’s disqualification, the results of the team competition at the 2022 Beijing Games, as well as the singles tournament, have been revised.
The ISU decided to strip the Russian team of gold in the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympics after learning that figure skater Kamila Valieva had been found guilty of anti-doping rule violations. Trimetazidine, a banned drug, was found in a sample taken from a Russian woman in December 2021.
The Russian team took first place in the team tournament of the 2022 Games, but after Valieva’s withdrawal, the results were revised and the gold medal was awarded to the United States. Silver went to the Japanese team, and the Russian team took third place.
In addition, Valieva was deprived of the gold medal at the 2022 European Championships. The prize was awarded to Anna Shcherbakova.
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This is how they reacted to Valieva’s disqualification abroad. U.S. Figure Skating Executive Director Tracy Marek released the following statement:
“Today, thanks to the CAS decision, clean sport won. Nine of our Olympic medalists – Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou, Karen Chen, Alexa Knierim, Brandon Fraser, Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue – should be recognized for their integrity and leadership in calling for a fair and level playing field that ensures pure competition, where advantage is only achieved through dedication, hard work and respect for the rules of sport said Marek on his US social network X (formerly Twitter).
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Sarah Hirshland, CEO of the United States National Olympic Committee (USOPC), commented on Valieva’s disqualification as follows:
“Today is a day that we have looked forward to for two years, as it is a significant victory not only for the athletes of Team USA, but also for athletes around the world who practice fair play and defend a clean sport,” Hirshland was quoted as saying. on the official NOC USA website.
Recall that Valieva passed a positive doping test on December 25, 2021, the day of the free program at the Russian Championship.
Currently, Russian figure skaters are suspended from international competitions. The ban is in effect from February 2022.
Andrey Andreev, Sport.Ru
Source: Sport
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