The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) did not allow representatives of figure skating teams from the United States, Japan and Canada to attend the closed hearings in this case. Kamila Valieva .
USA Today reporter Christina Brennan posted a screenshot of a letter from CAS CEO Mathieu Riba on social media in response to a request from the US team.
– Given that your request is procedural in nature and that neither party requires a public hearing, it has been decided to delegate to the CAS panel of arbitrators the right to decide whether observers can be admitted to the process. As for the transparency of the process, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that CAS hearings are usually confidential, but given the importance of this case, CAS has issued several press releases to keep the public informed. Additionally, the final decision will be made public,” the letter reads.
Reeb also noted that the Japan and Canada teams had apparently made a similar request, but the court had not received official documents from them.
Valieva at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing helped the Russian team win gold in the team competition. Before the personal tournament, it became known that the illegal drug trimetazidine was found during the doping test of the Russian championship figure skater. In this regard, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the results of the Olympic Games team tournament as preliminary, and the award ceremony for the winners of the competition was postponed until the investigation of the case. The CAS allowed the Russian to participate in the individual competitions of the Games, where she took fourth place.
In January, it became known that the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (DAK RUSADA) overturned Valieva’s result at the 2022 Russian Championships and concluded that the skater had committed an anti-doping rule violation, but this did not was not the case. his fault or negligence. Subsequently, RUSADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Skating Union (ISU) appealed DAK RUSADA’s decision to CAS.
The appeals of RUSADA, ISU and WADA against the decision of DAK RUSADA in the case of figure skater Valieva were previously consolidated into one procedure. CAS has scheduled closed hearings with representatives of all parties on September 26, 27, 28 and 29, 2023.
Source : MatchTV
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