IOC head Bach called for respect for the CAS decision in the case of Russian figure skater Valieva
President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach praised the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. His comment is quoted by TASS.
The head of the IOC called for respect for the court’s decision. “For us, this whole case is another confirmation that our determination, our requests, which we have repeatedly made during doping cases, are aimed at the fact that it is not only the athletes who matter, but also the environment of the athletes, whose activities should be investigated more. better and deeper,” said Bach.
On January 29, CAS disqualified Valieva for four years. The period of suspension starts on December 25, 2021. According to the court, Valieva could not prove that she took doping unintentionally.
The athlete was deprived of gold for winning the team tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games as part of the Russian team. In addition, she was left without the Russian and European champion titles.
The doping scandal surrounding Valieva unfolded during the Beijing Olympics. Traces of the banned drug trimetazidine were found in the skater’s sample from December 2021. At the same time, CAS allowed her to participate in the individual tournament, where she took fourth place.
Source: Lenta
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