The initial statement, released on Nov. 14, said RUSADA had postponed the hearing in the Valieva case several times. The word “different” has been removed from the new version of the press release.
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Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) correct on her website, a November press release about receiving a lawsuit from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) and figure skater Kamila Valieva.
TAX noticed that in the first version of the release, published On November 14, there was talk of the repeated postponements of the hearing in the Valieva case at the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). In the updated version of the release, the word “several” has been removed.
Valieva had a doping scandal at the Beijing Olympics. She is they became champion in team competitions and after their completion become known about the positive result of the skater’s doping test, which passed in December 2021. CAS allowed the athlete to participate in individual competitions, where she he took fourth place, failing the free skate.
Due to the Valieva case, the IOC did not perform award ceremony following the results of the team tournament in Beijing. The fact is that the CAS made a decision only on the admission of the skater, the court did not consider the issue of medals. Further proceedings on a doping test she is busy RUSADA.
November 8, head of WADA Vitold Banka declaredthat the agency has referred Valieva’s case directly to CAS due to the fact that RUSADA has not yet made any progress on the figure skater’s case. CAS 14 November registered a statement from WADA calling for Valieva to be banned for four years and for her results at the Beijing Olympics to be annulled.
