Svishchev – on three Russian appeals to the CAS: “Let us hope that the judges will have an impartial attitude”

Head of the State Duma Committee of the Russian Federation for Physical Culture and Sports Dmitry Svishchev hopes that the judge of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will have an impartial attitude when considering Russian appeals against the decision of the International Skating Union (ISU).

The CAS on Monday registered four appeals against the ISU’s decision to redistribute medals from the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games: from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), from the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR), Russian figure skaters and the Canadian Figure Skating Federation. Skating Federation.

“Let us hope that the judges will adopt an impartial attitude when considering our appeal. » It seems to me that there is not much chance of success. But if they exist, then our position must be as firm as possible, supported by facts. In this case, lawyers should work as efficiently as possible,” Svishchev told .

At the end of January, the CAS suspended Kamila 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.

The CAS decision led to a review of the results of the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Games, in which the Russian team won. First place is now awarded to the American team, the Japanese are second, the Russians will receive bronze. The Canadians took fourth place.