WADA held RUSADA responsible for the delay in information on the doping test of figure skater Valieva

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) believes that the responsibility for the delay in information on the December doping test of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva lies with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).

“RUSADA is responsible for effective interaction with the laboratory. This is necessary to ensure timely analysis of doping samples. Especially on the eve of a major tournament (the Olympic Games in Beijing, which started on February 4 – ed.),” Gazeta.Ru quotes a WADA statement.

Recall, on February 9, it became known that Valieva’s doping test, taken on December 25, 2021 (before the start of the Beijing Olympics) at the Russian Championship, which was held in St. Petersburg, gave a positive result for the banned cardio drug trimetazidine. After that, the athlete was conditionally suspended by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).” However, Valieva protested the suspension, and on February 9, RUSADA decided to lift it. The International Olympic Committee appealed this decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), but it was not granted.

Let’s add, the competitions of single figure skaters ended the day before. The Russian woman Anna Shcherbakova became the champion of the Olympic Games, another Russian woman, Alexandra Trusova, won the silver medal. At the same time, Kamila Valieva, who was in the lead after the short program, fell twice during the free program and took only fourth place.

And today it became known that CAS confirmed the version that the prohibited drug could have entered the body of a Russian woman by accident. In addition, the arbitration pointed out that taking trimetazidine for figure skaters is absolutely useless, because it does not affect sports performance in any way.