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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has referred the case of Russian determine skater Kamila Valieva to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after deeming the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has made no growth at the skater’s Winter Olympics doping case.
In a remark on Tuesday, WADA President Witold Bańka stated: “Despite putting RUSADA under formal notice to resolve the Kamila Valieva case promptly, no progress was made. Therefore, I can confirm WADA has now officially referred it directly to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.”
CAS had no remark when requested if it had won WADA’s referral however stated it “will publish a media release once the appeal has been received and registered.”
CNN has reached out to RUSADA for remark.
Valieva, who’s now 16, used to be suspended by way of RUSADA the day after she guided the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to victory within the group match at Beijing 2022, right through which she become the primary lady to land a quadruple soar within the Winter Olympics.
She had examined sure for a banned substance – the guts drugs trimetazidine, which will strengthen staying power – in December 2021. But the result of the failed December drug check handiest got here to mild right through the Olympics when it used to be analyzed and reported to RUSADA.
Valieva has now not publicly defined the sure check effects.
The IOC’s disciplinary committee has stated that Valieva blamed the sure check on a mix-up together with her grandfather’s medicine, as she stated he makes use of trimetazidine for his center situation.
In October, RUSADA stated in a remark that it had finished its investigation however used to be retaining the general solution of a case involving a determine skater, who’s a member of the Russian Olympic Committee and a “protected person,” confidential.
WADA answered to that RUSADA remark in October by way of noting that “WADA is not a party to this case but as it always does, WADA will review the outcome of the tribunal and reserves the right to lodge an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, if appropriate.”
At the time, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stated it anticipated RUSADA to conform to the WADA code and to care for the case rapidly to permit the International Skating Union “to define the definite results of the figure skating team competition at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and the IOC to decide on the medal allocation.”
CNN has reached out to the IOC for remark.
Team USA completed 2nd within the group match, Japan 3rd and Canada in fourth. As a results of the doping controversy, no medal rite used to be held right through the Games.
