The Court of Arbitration for Sport has begun hearing Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case
Usada wants justice for fellow competitors denied medalsThe Court of Arbitration for Sport has begun hearing Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case,and cast a shadow over her country’s already embattled anti-doping system.
“Given the significant delay, justice seems to have been defeated because the athletes – including Valieva herself, the Russian team and the other teams who stand to obtain medals – haven’t had their medal ceremony,” said the US Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart. “You just can’t possibly attempt to replace what’s been lost by the athletes who right now are holding empty medal boxes.
The Russian anti-doping agency disciplinary commission found that Valieva had committed a violation for which she bore. She was not sanctioned but her results from the national championships on the day she tested positive were voided. Rusada, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating Union are all challenging this decision at sport’s highest court in Lausanne, Switzerland, in a three-day hearing.
Kamila Valieva attends a meeting of president Vladimir Putin with Russia's medal-winning athletes at Beijing 2022.CAS said the parties to the proceedings did not want a public hearing and denied a request by the silver medal-winning US team to have an observer attend on their behalf. Vincent Zhou, one of the US skaters, said in a statement on Monday that the global anti-doping system was “failing athletes”.
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