Athletistic/ Figure skating. At the end of January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne issued a verdict in the case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. It found the athlete guilty of violating anti-doping rules and sanctioned her with disqualification for a period of four years, starting from December 25, 2021. Today, February 7, the court published a reasoned decision. At the same time, many wonder why sanctions were applied to Valieva as an adult athlete. CAS explained the situation.

– Since the Athlete was not able to establish that she did not intentionally commit an anti-doping rule violation and the “absence of substantial fault or negligence” criterion was not satisfied, the rules did not allow the athlete to be treated as anything else. than an adult, – said in a CAS press release cited by RIA Novosti.

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