The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Tuesday appealed the decision in the case of figure skater Kamila Walijewa to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), after Russian institutions showed that the teenager was not guilty. of any doping offence.
“We believe this decision was wrong under the World Anti-Doping Code and we have exercised our right to appeal to CAS. We demand a four-year ban and disqualification of all competitor results, effective December 25, 2021 “WADA President Witold Bańka wrote on Twitter.
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This decision is a consequence of the position announced on this subject by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). Her disciplinary tribunal ruled that if the competitor’s anti-doping rule violation was not due to +error or negligence+. Therefore, the court did not impose any sanction on him other than the cancellation of his results on the day of the sample collection (25/12/2021).
Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine at the Russian Championships in December 2021, but the result was not announced until February 8, 2022, a day after helping her team win a gold medal at the Olympics in Beijing. In her defense, the skater explained that the positive test result was the result of a mistake with her grandfather’s heart medication.
RUSADA did not suspend the competitor at that time, and this decision was not challenged by CAS, allowing Walijewa to continue competing in Beijing. However, it was decided that due to the uncertain fate of the Russian, the medal ceremony would not take place. The teams in places 2-4 – USA, Japan and Canada – still do not know if and what type of pucks they will receive
CM, PAP
