Then 15-year-old Okay. Valieva’s optimistic doping check in December 2021, for which the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) handed her a four-year suspension on Monday, prompted the ISU to assessment the medal desk for the staff skating occasion on the February 2022 Olympics in Beijing.
After the assessment, the USA got here in first, adopted by Japan. Russia, which fell from the primary place, stays within the third place – the Russians are only one level forward of the fourth-placed Canada.
The Canadian Skating Federation might possibly be sad and problem the ISU’s choice on the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport, as different groups’ factors weren’t elevated following Okay. Valieva’s disqualification.
The ultimate choice on the awarding of medals rests with the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC). The ISU stated it consulted the IOC when adjusting the outcomes.
“The ISU is in shut contact with the Worldwide Olympic Committee and the related ISU member federations relating to the implementation of this choice,” the ISU stated in an announcement.
On Monday, a three-member panel of the CAS discovered Okay. Valiyev “committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) in accordance with Clause 4.1 of the Russian Nationwide Anti-Doping Guidelines of June 24, 2021.”
“Okay. Valieva is given a four-year disqualification interval beginning on December 25, 2021. All outcomes of Okay. Valjeva’s competitions from December 25, 2021 are disqualified with all penalties thereof (together with forfeiture of any titles, awards, medals, income, prizes and present cash),” added CAS.
Valieva was solely 15 when she examined optimistic for doping, elevating questions not solely regarding her guilt and the Russian Olympic system following the 2014 Sochi Winter Video games, but in addition regarding how she was handled as a minor, , how the check was carried out, and the worth of the fabric discovered related to it to enhance the outcomes.
The case got here to the CAS following the Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Anti-Doping Company (RUSADA) successfully acquitted Okay. Valiyev.
The World Anti-Doping Company (WADA) and the ISU appealed to CAS relating to RUSADA’s choice, and RUSADA itself took the same step.
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2024-06-02 00:54:45