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The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rendered a decision in the case, over two years after it was revealed that 15-year-old Russian figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva had tested positive for doping in the midst of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
The CAS said in a statement released on Monday morning that Valieva, who is currently 17 years old, was found guilty of breaking an anti-doping regulation and given a 4-year suspension that will start on December 25, 2021. This means that she won’t be able to participate until December 2025. As a result, she was barred from competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, when the Russian Olympic Committee won the gold medal in the figure skating team competition.
The International Skating Union said in a statement on Tuesday morning that Valieva received 20 points for
the team’s total score was deducted for the team event, putting them in third place behind Japan in second and the United States in first.
Let’s start from the beginning as this matter covers 25 months and there are still unresolved issues with award ceremonies.
In order to compete in and win the Russian National Championships, Valieva must submit to a drug test mandated by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency. She was assured a position on the ROC Olympic squad with her gold medal. As a result of the 2014 Sochi Olympics doping controversy, Russian competitors are required to participate under the Russian flag (ROC), not the Russian flag.
Valieva wins another gold medal in the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, solidifying her position as the clear favorite to win the Beijing women’s singles competition.
Beijing is the starting point of the Games. The team event is the inaugural figure skating competition. A federation will select one skater or pair to compete in each event (men’s singles, women’s singles, ice dance, and pair skating), much like the gymnastics team event in the Olympics. Competitors receive points based on their placements; the skater in first place receives 10 points, the skater in second receives 9 points, the skater in third receives 8 points, and so on. Skaters compete twice in each discipline, once in a short program and once in a free skate, which is often referred to as a long program.
Valieva is selected to represent the ROC in the team event for both the short program and free skate. She performs the short program flawlessly, landing a triple axel and earning a first-place position and 10 points for her team.
Valieva once again astounds judges and spectators in the women’s team free skate, becoming the first female Olympic quadruple jumper. With the United States coming in second, Japan coming in third, and Canada coming in fourth, she managed to secure another first-place position and maintain ROC’s team gold medal.
Later that day, a “adverse analytical finding” in Valieva’s December sample is confirmed by the World Anti-Doping Agency’s lab in Stockholm, Sweden. As per CNN, the test was finished in Sweden since WADA has suspended RUSADA’s laboratory for prior doping infractions. Currently, testing is carried out by laboratories recognized by WADA in other nations.
Valieva is notified of her test result and provisionally suspended by RUSADA. Then, hours before it was set to take place, the medal ceremony for the team event is postponed to an unknown date. Public reports of an ROC doping violation begin to emerge.
As of Jan. 30, 2024, there is still no word on when this medal ceremony will take place
Valieva shows up for practice in one of the Beijing training facilities, where she is accompanied by coach Eteri Tutberidze. Tutberidze is the coach of all three of the ROC women (Alexandra Trusova and Anna Shcherbakova also competed for the ROC in Beijing).
The public is informed by the International Testing Agency that Valieva was the one who failed a December test for a prohibited drug. The International Olympic Committee, WADA, and the International Skating Union have expressed their desire for Valieva’s temporary ban to be lifted in an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which is being filed by the ITA.
CAS says a hearing regarding Valieva’s positive test will be held on Feb. 13 with a decision expected on Feb. 14.
Valieva is a “protected person” under CAS regulations, meaning that she cannot be held accountable for her drug test since she is a kid. She can thus participate in the women’s event. A medal ceremony for the women’s event cannot be staged until the inquiry is over, according to CAS, which also indicated that it will be opening a bigger probe. If Valieva finishes in the top three.
Despite falling off of her triple axel, Valieva competes and places first in the women’s event’s short program. The combined score from the free skate and the short program determines the medals for the women’s competition.
According to the New York Times, trimetazidine, a medication frequently used to treat heart ailments including angina, was the illicit narcotic for which Valieva tested positive. Although it can aid in the body’s oxygen metabolism, it is prohibited in sports since it can artificially boost endurance and oxygen capacity. She also tested positive for two other medicines that are permitted during competition: L-carnitine, an amino acid supplement, and hypoxen, a medication used to treat shortness of breath.
Valieva, together with her medical team and coaching staff, assert that she had a glass of wine with her grandpa, which resulted in cross-contamination of the trimetazidine.
Valieva falls apart during her performance in the free skate, falling to fourth place overall. The women’s competition ends with Shcherbakova in first, Trusova in second and Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto in third.
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