Kamila Valieva bore “no fault or negligence” for her optimistic medication take a look at that was made public throughout final yr’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, in line with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, Rusada.
The results of Rusada’s overdue investigation has been made public by the World Anti-Doping Agency, Wada, who expressed concern and have threatened to take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
“The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has been informed by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) that its disciplinary tribunal has now rendered a decision in the case of Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) figure skater, Kamila Valieva,” learn the Wada assertion.
“The tribunal found that although the athlete had committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation, she bore “no fault or negligence” for it. As such, the tribunal imposed no sanction aside from the disqualification of her outcomes on the date of the pattern assortment (25 December 2021).
“Wada notes this outcome and has requested a copy of the full reasoned decision, which it will review together with the case file in order to determine whether the ruling is in line with the terms of the World Anti-Doping Code.
“However, based on the elements of the case with which Wada is already familiar, the Agency is concerned by the finding of “no fault or negligence” and won’t hesitate to train its proper of enchantment to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, as acceptable.”
It emerged throughout mid-competition in Beijing that the then 15-year-old Valieva, who had produced a blinding efficiency within the crew occasion, during which Russia received gold, had returned a optimistic doping take a look at in 2021.
The Cas overturned a bid by Wada and the International Olympic Committee to droop Valieva, backing Rusda’s resolution to carry her provisional suspension on the grounds {that a} ban may trigger her “irreparable harm” as a result of her age.
Valieva’s crew claimed the skater had inadvertently ingested a few of her grandfather’s coronary heart remedy, while the conduct of her coach Eteri Tutberidze was the topic of unprecedented criticism from IOC president Thomas Bach.
Valieva subsequently competed within the ladies’s singles occasion however fell a number of instances and drifted out of medal rivalry. The medal ceremony for the crew occasion was suspended, and the medals have nonetheless not been awarded.
Rusada, who had beforehand indicated that they didn’t intend to make their Valieva verdict public as a result of her age, had already been accused of an “unacceptable delay” in rendering the outcomes of the findings to Wada.
Russian skaters are at present banned from competing internationally by the International Skating Union. Valieva returned to competitors final yr with a brand new routine that included excerpts of stories reviews about her drug take a look at, and concluded together with her referencing the media storm by drawing a hood throughout her face.
Wada, who’ve indicated they intend a four-year ban for Valieva, stated they are going to take into account its subsequent steps as soon as it has obtained the total, “reasoned decision” from Rusada.
