“Lawyers and the federation are preparing a firm position that could influence a change in the CAS decision regarding Valieva” – Svishchev

Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Physical Culture and Sports Dmitry Svishchev on he announced that lawyers were ready to challenge the punishment of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva .

At the end of January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules. The 17-year-old Russian’s suspension period begins on December 25, 2021, and her results have been canceled since that date. The athlete’s sample contained banned trimetazidine.

“Lawyers now have the opportunity to challenge all decisions that, in our opinion, were taken illegally against Kamila Valieva. And now the lawyers and the federation are preparing a fairly firm position, which we hope will influence a change in the decision of the CAS, which illegally decided to suspend our athlete for four years,” Svishchev said on .

Valieva’s withdrawal led to a review of the results of the team tournament at the 2022 Olympics, where the Russian team won. First place is now awarded to the American team, the Japanese are second and the Russians will receive bronze. Team Canada remained fourth.