The court panel of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will hold hearings on the removal of the temporary suspension of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva on February 13 at 15:30 Moscow time. New details of the case are available on the organization’s website.
Jeffrey Bens from the USA, Fabio Ludica from Italy and Vesna Rakocevi from Slovenia were appointed as arbitrators of the meeting. It is noted that the postponement of the trial from February 12 to February 13 is due to the fact that the day before the documents were received only from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and the International Skating Union filed them later.
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On February 11, the International Testing Agency officially confirmed that Valieva’s December 25 doping test tested positive for the banned trimetazidine. After that, the IOC and WADA filed an appeal with the CAS against the decision to lift the temporary suspension from the 2022 Olympic Games Valieva. It was registered on the evening of February 11th.
Valieva’s questionable doping test was reported on 9 February. In this regard, the IOC has postponed the award ceremony following the results of the team tournament of the Olympics. The Russian team, which included Valieva, became the winner in this type of program.
Source: Lenta
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