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The protracted doping saga involving Russian determine skater Kamila Valieva entered one other section on Tuesday because the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Last month, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) successfully cleared Valieva of wrongdoing, saying that the 16-year-old had violated anti-doping guidelines however bore no “fault or negligence” for the transgression.
But WADA believes such a conclusion is “wrong” and has now exercised its proper to attraction the ruling.
Valieva was suspended by RUSADA the day after she guided the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to victory within the determine skating group occasion finally yr’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, the place she additionally grew to become the primary lady in historical past to land a quadruple leap on the Games.
However, it got here to mild through the course of the Olympics that Valieva had examined optimistic for the center medicine trimetazidine – which may improve endurance – in December 2021.
Valieva has not publicly defined the optimistic check outcomes.
The ROC positioned first within the group occasion in Beijing forward of the USA in second, Japan in third and Canada in fourth, however no medal ceremony was held on account of the doping controversy.
In a press release on Tuesday, WADA stated it’s looking for a four-year interval of ineligibility for Valieva and disqualification of her outcomes from the date of the pattern assortment on December 25, 2021.
“As it has sought to do throughout this process, WADA will continue to push for this matter to proceed without further undue delay,” the assertion added.
“Given the case is now pending before CAS, WADA can make no further comment at this time.”
Act Daily News has contacted RUSADA and the International Olympic Committee for remark.
Valieva was cleared to compete within the ladies’s singles occasion on the Winter Olympics however in the end positioned fourth after falling and stumbling a number of instances through the competitors.
Travis Tygart, the CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), stated on Tuesday that the choice to attraction Valieva’s case to CAS “had to be done in order to restore some confidence in the global anti-doping system.”
He added: “Let’s hope the hearing is expedited and open to the public so that the athletes whose dreams are hanging in the balance can believe in the final outcome, whatever it may be, and that some justice can be salvaged soon.”
Source: www.cnn.com