Russian skater Kamila Valieva has not been sanctioned by the Russian anti-doping agency, which found that she had committed “no fault or negligence” after she tested positive for a banned substance before the Beijing Olympics, a announced Friday the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
The agency, headquartered in Montreal, said it was “concerned” by this conclusion of the Russian disciplinary tribunal and specified that it would not hesitate to exercise its right of appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). ).
The Russian court found that, although the athlete had committed an anti-doping rule violation, she had committed “no fault or negligence”, details WADA, which requested the full decision to be able to analyze it.
No sanction was imposed by the court, with the exception of the cancellation of his results on the date of the sample, i.e. December 25, 2021.
The young skater, aged 16 today, had been declared positive by the Russian anti-doping agency (Rusada) for a banned substance, trimetazidine, a result revealed during the Beijing Olympics.
The Olympics which had however ideally started for Kamila Valieva, European champion 2022, with a team gold medal, embellished on her part with the first women’s quadruple jumps in Olympic history.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) had authorized her to continue to participate despite her positive control, citing her young age. After having managed to dominate the short program in a heavy climate, she had collapsed in the free program to finally finish at the foot of the podium and in tears.
The International Olympic Committee did not award medals for the team event, pending the results of the investigation into the Valieva case.