Athletistic / Figure skating. The press service of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) said that figure skaters who have not completed their sports career, who agreed to perform in the same show with disqualified Kamila Valieva, will not be recognized as violators anti-doping rules. .
“If a disqualified athlete does not act as an athlete’s personnel, then such interaction does not fall within the definition of ‘prohibited cooperation’ and therefore does not constitute a violation of anti-doping rules,” TASS cites a statement from ‘an employee of RUSADA.
From June 12 to October 2, the ice musical “Ruslan and Lyudmila” will take place in Sochi Park, Sochi Olympic Park. In addition to Kamila Valieva, Victoria Sinitsyna, Nikita Katsalapov and Alina Zagitova will participate. All three have not yet officially announced their retirement from sport.
On January 29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) published its decision in the Kamila Valieva case. The Russian athlete was disqualified for four years (the suspension is effective December 25, 2021). All of his results from that date were canceled. For this reason, on January 30, the International Skating Union (ISU) revised the results of the team figure skating tournament at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games: as a result, the Russian team, due to the disqualification of Valieva , went from first to third. place, and the American team was recognized as champions.
Source: Sport
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