The head of the ROC commented on the consideration of the doping case of Valieva

The President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Stanislav Pozdnyakov commented on the consideration of the doping case of figure skater Kamila Valieva. His words are reported by Match TV.

Pozdnyakov said that there was no need to wait for justice in the Valieva doping case. “The entire sports justice system has undergone catastrophic changes over the past year and a half,” said the head of the committee.

On January 13, the disciplinary committee of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, which is an independent body from the main organization, informed the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) of Valieva’s innocence. At the same time, the skater was deprived of the gold of the Russian Championship-2022. Later, the International Skating Union and WADA filed appeals with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), calling for the athlete to be disqualified and her results annulled. Hearings in the case will be held from 26 to 29 September.

At the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, Valieva won gold in the team competition, but the Russian team was not awarded due to a doping scandal with her participation. In the sample of the skater from December 2021, traces of the banned drug trimetazidine were found. At the same time, CAS allowed her to participate in the individual tournament, where she took fourth place.