Reasoned decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case Kamila Valieva contains more than 130 pages, lawyer Andrea Pinna, whose firm represents the skater’s interests, told .
Earlier, Pinna, in a conversation with , confirmed that he represented Valieva’s interests at the CAS hearings in the fall. He said that after studying the reasoning, the legal team would decide on further action, which could include challenging the verdict in the Swiss Federal Court.
On Monday, the sports court disqualified the Russian for four years and withdrew all awards from December 25, 2021. Valieva was found guilty of violating anti-doping rules; his doping test at the 2022 Russian Championship returned a positive result for banned trimetazidine.
This also led to a review of the results of the 2022 Olympics team tournament, where the Russian team won. First place is now awarded to the American team, the Japanese are second and the Russians receive bronze.
Source : MatchTV
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