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☆ WADA to launch independent review into its handling of doping case involving Chinese swimming
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has commissioned an independent review into its handling of a doping case involving 23 Chinese swimmers after the organization said that it had been the subject of “damaging and baseless allegations.”The development comes after WADA was criticized by members of the anti-doping community, sparking a dispute which looks set to overshadow events in the pool at this year’s Olympics in Paris. “We have no evidence of any sort of skullduggery or planting of trimetazidine,” Wenzel told reporters on Monday. “In the past few days, WADA has been unfairly accused of bias in favor of China by not appealing the CHINADA [China Anti-Doping Agency] case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport,” added Bańka. Trimetazidine has the potential to boost endurance and has been banned by WADA since 2014. WADA said that Swiss prosecutor Eric Cottier, attorney general of Vaud in Switzerland for 17 years until his retirement in 2022, will lead the review into the handling of the case.

Persons: WADA, –, ”, Witold Bańka, “, Ross Wenzel, trimetazidine, ” Wenzel, Bańka, ” Bańka, Trimetazidine, CHINADA, Eric Cottier, USADA, WADA’s, ” WADA, Cottier Organizations: CNN, Doping Agency, New York Times, ARD, Tokyo Olympics, Sport, Xinhua Locations: Paris, China, trimetazidine, Swiss, Vaud, Switzerland

☆ Chinese swimmers head to Paris Olympics under a cloud amid row over handling of drugs tests
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A dispute over the handling of a 2021 case in which 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics now threatens to overshadow swimming events at the Paris Games this summer. Sun is now free to return to competitions next month, but revelations about the 2021 case have cast Chinese swimmers and WADA in a harsh spotlight. Trimetazidine has the potential to boost endurance and has been banned by WADA since 2014. China’s national swimming championships, which serve as selection trials for the upcoming Olympics, are currently underway in Shenzhen, concluding on April 27. At the Tokyo Olympics, China won six medals in swimming, including three golds.

Persons: –, “, ” Mack Horton, Horton, Sun Yang, Sun, WADA, Adam Peaty, ”, Sarah Hirshland, Witold Banka, …, Trimetazidine, CHINADA, Ross Wenzel, trimetazidine, ” Wenzel, Denis Cotterell, Cotterell wasn’t Organizations: CNN, Tokyo, Paris Games, New York Times, ARD, Doping Agency, Olympic, “, Sydney Morning Herald, WADA, Canadian Olympic Committee, Paralympic, ”, CHINADA, Xinhua, Paris Olympics, Chinese Swimming Association, China Locations: Tokyo, China, Australian, South Korea, ”, trimetazidine, Shenzhen

☆ World Anti-Doping Agency defends handling of elite Chinese swimmers who tested positive for banned drug
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong CNN —Global sport’s anti-doping watchdog has slammed as “outrageous” and “completely false” allegations that it mishandled a 2021 case in which more than 20 elite Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) made the comments after US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief Travis Tygart accused the agency and Chinese officials of having “swept these positives under carpet” and failing to follow the rules around drugs in sport. The China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) said recent media reports about the cases were “misleading,” according to Chinese state agency Xinhua, citing a statement Saturday. In its statement Saturday, WADA said it was notified in June 2021 of CHINADA’s ruling on the swimmers who had tested positive earlier that year. “These are egregious failures even if you buy their story that this was contamination and a potent drug ‘magically appeared’ in a kitchen and led to 23 positive tests of elite Chinese swimmers,” Tygart said, referencing details included in The New York Times’ article citing a report from Chinese investigators.

Persons: “, WADA, Travis Tygart, CHINADA, Kamila Valieva, “ WADA, ” Tygart Organizations: Hong Kong CNN — Global, Doping Agency, New York Times, Tokyo Olympics, ARD, Tokyo Games, CNN, Chinese Olympic, Testing Agency, Xinhua, trimetazidine, “, TMZ, The New York Times Locations: Hong Kong, China, USADA, Xinhua, Russian

☆ Takeaways From Our Chinese Swimming Investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Tariq Panja | Michael S. Schmidt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In the first days of 2021, seven months before the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics, 23 of China’s best swimmers tested positive for the same banned drug at a domestic meet. Chinese antidoping officials investigated and declared the case an unusual mass-contamination event that could be traced to the presence of a heart medication, trimetazidine, known as TMZ, in the kitchen of a hotel where the swimmers had stayed for a New Year’s event in late December 2020 and early January 2021. The World Anti-Doping Agency, the global authority that oversees national drug-testing programs, looked into the episode but then accepted that theory and allowed China to keep the results secret.

Organizations: TMZ, Doping Agency Locations: Tokyo, China

☆ Kamila Valieva: Canadians and Russians file appeals on re-ranking of 2022 Winter Olympics figure skating team event
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The dispute over the final standings of the figure skating team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics rumbles on, with Canada and Russia filing cases with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The Canadians are appealing to move up from fourth place to bronze, while the Russians are claiming its ROC team should be moved back up into gold medal position after dropping to bronze. Originally, when the Olympic event was held in 2022, the ROC won gold in the event, with the US winning silver and Japan earning bronze. The positive test result came from a sample collected during the Russian national championships, which were held prior to the Winter Olympics. CAS announced on Monday that the arbitration procedures following the Russian and Canadian appeals have just commenced, adding that there is no indication of when a potential hearing might take place.

Persons: Kamila, Valieva Organizations: CNN, Sport, Skating Union, ISU, Russian Olympic Committee, ROC, Russian, Winter Locations: Canada, Russia, Beijing, Japan

☆ Figure skating’s global governing body defends its decision to not award Canada Olympic bronze in team event
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The International Skating Union (ISU) released a statement Friday giving its explanation on why Canada did not move up to the bronze medal position in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating team event following the suspension of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, saying it implemented its rules correctly. If points had been updated for the other teams, Canada would have defeated the ROC by one point. The ISU shows the US with 65 points, Japan with 63, and Canada with 53 – unchanged from the 2022 Olympics. Following the figure skating team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, it emerged the then-15-year-old Valieva had tested positive for trimetazidine, a heart medication which can boost endurance. The positive test result came from a sample collected during the Russian national championships held prior to the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Valieva, ”, “ Organizations: CNN, Skating Union, ISU, Canada, Sport, Russian Olympic Committee, Skate, Canadian Olympic Committee, Skating, ” CNN, Russian, Beijing Locations: Japan, Canada, Beijing

CNN —The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on Wednesday that Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva did not meet the burden of proof to overturn her four-year ban for testing positive for trimetazidine. Valieva had suggested the prohibited substance was in her body because she ate a strawberry dessert her grandfather made for her on the same chopping board on which he crushed up his heart medication. Trimetazidine is listed as a “metabolic modulator” and its use by athletes is banned, both in and out of competition. One scenario dubbed the “Grandfather explanation” in the CAS report was that Valieva’s grandfather, Mr. Solovyov, made her a strawberry dessert on a chopping board that was contaminated with his trimetazidine medication. Japan will receive the silver medal, while Canada – which was left “extremely disappointed” after not being awarded the bronze – remained in fourth place.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Valieva, Solovyov, Christine Brennan, disqualifying, backdated Organizations: CNN, Sport, USA, Russian Olympic Locations: Beijing, Japan, Canada

PARIS (AP) — A strawberry dessert contaminated by her grandfather’s heart medication might have caused Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s positive doping test, her lawyers argued at sport’s highest court, which rejected the explanation and banned her for four years. The word “strawberry” features 43 times in the document that details why the judges rejected the argument. Athletes who test positive for doping can escape a ban if they later prove they were not at fault for ingesting a substance. It was suggested in court that Valieva’s grandfather prepared the strawberry dessert in the days before the national championships for her to take with her to St. Petersburg. The Russian team was stripped of its Olympic title by the International Skating Union, which declared the United States champions.

Persons: Kamila, “, Valieva, ___ Organizations: PARIS, Sport, TMZ, Doping Agency, Russian, International Skating Union, United Locations: Russian, sport’s, Beijing, Stockholm, Sweden, Moscow, Lausanne, Switzerland, St . Petersburg, Japan

☆ Kamila Valieva’s coach still has ‘concerns’ after four-year doping ban ruling
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Anna Chernova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The coach of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has said that “there are still many questions” after the teenager was handed a four-year ban for an anti-doping violation. Only accusations from various sides continue to be directed towards us.”Valieva tested positive for trimetazidine, a heart medication which can boost endurance, prior to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Valieva competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The doping case has placed increased scrutiny on Tutberidze, who is frequently referred to as the most powerful woman in figure skating. However, following the controversy at the Winter Olympics, many were left wondering how a 15-year-old was able to test positive for a banned substance.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, ”, Eteri Tutberidze, Kamila, Tutberidze, ” Valieva, Andrew Milligan, “, – Kamila, Valieva Organizations: CNN, Russian Olympic Committee, Beijing, US, ROC Locations: Russian, Beijing, Japan, Moscow

GENEVA (AP) — Despite the disqualification of Kamila Valieva in a doping case, the Russian figure skating team still stands to finish on the podium and get bronze medals from the 2022 Beijing Olympics behind the United States and Japan. The Americans moved into the gold medal position in the team event and Japan has been upgraded to silver from bronze. The demoted Russians drop into third place, one point ahead of Canada even after being stripped of the points the then-15-year-old Valieva earned on the ice. “Skate Canada strongly disagrees with the ISU’s position on this matter and will consider all options to appeal this decision,” the country’s figure skating body said in a statement Tuesday. The Olympic leadership is currently in South Korea for the Youth Winter Games and could address the skating medal issue there.

Persons: Kamila, Valieva, “, Madeline Schizas, Kaori Sakamoto, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Anna Shcherbakova, James Ellingworth, ___ Organizations: GENEVA, Skating Union, ISU, Sport, Russian Olympic, “ Skate, International Olympic Committee, Skate Canada, Russian, Doping Agency, “, Olympic, IOC, Winter, AP Locations: Russian, United States, Japan, Canada, Beijing, Sochi, Lausanne, Switzerland, Stockholm, Sweden, Russia, China, Montreal, South Korea, Duesseldorf, Germany

☆ Kamila Valieva ban: US figure skaters awarded gold for 2022 Beijing Olympics after Russian skater disqualified
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Homero De La Fuente | Andrew Mcnicol | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The United States Figure Skating team will receive a gold medal for their team event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, after Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was handed a four-year ban Monday over a long-running doping controversy. Valieva, now 17, had led the Russian Olympic Committee to first place in the team event ahead of the US and Japan — before her doping test came back positive for performance-enhancing substance trimetazidine. CNN Sport has contacted the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Japanese Olympic Committee and the Russian Olympic Committee for further comment. Even with the latest news of Valieva’s ban, Alexander Kogan, director general of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, said that he still views his athletes to be the champions in the team event. In its Monday announcement, CAS said that the decision to ban Valieva for four years is “final and binding,” explaining that the parties can appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal “within 30 days on limited grounds.”

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Japan —, Valieva, ”, Sarah Hirschland “, Evan Bates, Karen Chen, Nathan Chen, Madison Chock, Zachary Donohue, Brandon Frazier, Madison Hubbell, Alexa Knierim, Vincent Zhou, Alexander Kogan Organizations: CNN, United, Skating, Russian Olympic Committee, Olympic, Paralympic, IOC, International Olympic Committee, International Skating, CNN Sport, Japanese Olympic Committee, Swiss Federal Locations: United States, Japan, Canada, Beijing

GENEVA (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after the teenager's doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. The reaction of her coach, Eteri Tutberidze, was fiercely criticized by skating experts and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach. The case came to CAS to challenge a Russian anti-doping tribunal verdict in late 2022 that Valieva was not at fault. Since the Olympics, Valieva has skated on an expanded Russian national competition circuit and in various TV events and ice shows. “I say, you know, we’re the only two athletes from the Beijing team that are still competing — every single one of the rest of us has moved on,” Bates said.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Valieva, —, Valieva’s, Andrea Pinna, Pinna, ”, Eteri Tutberidze, Thomas Bach, Bach, disqualifying, WADA, Evan Bates, Madison Chock, “, ” Bates, Dave Skretta, James Ellingworth, ___ Organizations: GENEVA, Beijing Games, United States, Olympic, Doping Agency, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Canada, IOC, Russian, International Olympic, Olympics, Skating Union, Beijing Olympics, International Skating Union, Russia, —, Beijing, AP Sports Locations: Beijing, Milan, Italy, Japan, Swiss, Paris, Russian, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, Kansas City, Duesseldorf, Germany

☆ Kamila Valieva Is Banned Four Years Over 2022 Olympic Doping Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Tariq Panja | Juliet Macur | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Kamila Valieva, the teenage Russian figure skater whose positive doping test upended her sport at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, was banned from competition for four years on Monday by the top court in sports. The punishment, announced by a three-member arbitration panel empowered by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport, was related to a tainted sample Valieva, who was 15 at the time, gave at a competition. The ban will be retroactive to Dec. 25, 2021, the arbitrators ruled, meaning it will end in 2025, just in time for Valieva to compete at the next Winter Olympics, in 2026. Now 17, she was ordered to forfeit “any titles, awards, medals, profits, prizes and appearance money” earned after her positive doping sample was collected. Valieva had claimed that she had mistakenly taken a heart medication, Trimetazidine, prescribed for her grandfather.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Valieva, ”, Russia’s Organizations: Sport, Olympics, Valieva Locations: Russian, Swiss, Russia

The highest court in sports sanctioned Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for doping violations at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The ruling set the stage for U.S. skaters to receive gold medals after they finished second behind Valieva and her teammates in the team competition. A look at the case, and what happens next:ABOUT THE MEDALSPolitical Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe International Olympic Committee controls Olympic medals. When Valieva's case first erupted, the IOC decided not to award medals from the event while the skaters were in Beijing. But what the Valieva case exposed was the fact that, even 10 years after Sochi, things are still not back to "normal” in Russia.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Valieva, There's, they've, ”, Evan Bates, Madison Chock, — “, —, Thomas Bach, It's, would've, Dave Skretta, Graham Dunbar, ___ Organizations: Russia's, Sports, Olympic, IOC, Russian, Russian Olympic Committee, Doping Agency, AP Sports Locations: Russian, Beijing, Russia, Japan, Canada, Montreal, U.S, Ukraine, RUSSIA, ROC, Sochi, Kansas City, Geneva

☆ Kamila Valieva: Russian figure skater banned for four years by Court of Arbitration for Sport
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( George Ramsay | Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been found guilty of an anti-doping violation by Switzerland’s Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and has received a four-year ban from competitions. In Beijing, Valieva’s Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team had finished first ahead of the US and Japan – with Canada finishing fourth – and no medals were subsequently awarded due to the doping controversy. CNN Sport has contacted the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the ISU, the Japanese Olympic Committee, the Canadian Olympic Committee, and the Russian Olympic Committee for further comment. RUSADA had changed its initial stance and sought a punishment that “may include or be limited to a reprimand” for Valieva, CAS announced in February last year. Russian athletes were competing as neutral athletes at the Winter Olympics in Beijing due to a previous ban for doping non-compliance.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Valieva, Catherine Ivill, Ms Valieva, Travis Tygart, Sarah Hirshland, RUSADA, ”, Alexander Kogan, WADA, “, ” CNN’s Jill Martin, Thomas Schlachter, Anna Chernova Organizations: CNN, Switzerland’s, Sport, Valieva, Russian Olympic Committee, Canada, International Skating Union, ISU, Winter Games, CNN Sport, International Olympic Committee, Japanese Olympic Committee, Canadian Olympic Committee, Doping Agency, Olympic, Paralympic, Team USA, ”, IOC, RIA Novosti, Skating, Swiss Federal Locations: Russian, Beijing, Japan, US

☆ Russian anti-doping agency hoping for fair ruling in Valieva case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

GENEVA, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Russia's national anti-doping agency (RUSADA) said on Friday it hoped for a fair ruling in the doping case of figure skater Kamila Valieva, which is being heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland. Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, which prevents angina, at the Russian national championships in December 2021 as a 15-year-old. Her team has said the positive test could have been due to a mix-up with her grandfather's heart medication. "Like all other participants in these proceedings, we are expecting a fair ruling by the court." One skater on the silver medal-winning U.S. team, Vincent Zhou, said the case showed that the global anti-doping system was "failing athletes".

Persons: Kamila, Valieva, RUSADA, WADA, Vincent Zhou, Gabrielle Tetrault, Farber, Ken Ferris Organizations: Sport, Russian, Russian Olympic Committee, Beijing, Olympics, Doping Agency, International Skating Union, ISU, Beijing Games, U.S, Thomson Locations: GENEVA, Switzerland, Lausanne

☆ Kamila Valieva: Doping case involving Russian figure skater resumes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva is taking place at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the next two days, the latest chapter in a saga which has rumbled on since last year’s Winter Olympics. Following the figure skating team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, it emerged that the then-15-year-old Valieva had tested positive for trimetazidine, a heart medication which can boost endurance. In December 2022, a Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) commission said that Valieva bore no “fault of negligence” for the transgression. RUSADA has changed its stance and is now seeking a punishment that “may include or be limited to a reprimand” for Valieva, CAS announced in February. The fact that athletes from the figure skating team event at the Winter Olympics have still not been awarded their medals has been the subject of controversy.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Valieva, ”, RUSADA, Christine Brennan, Vincent Zhou, ” Zhou, CNN Sport’s Don Riddell, Matthieu Reeb Organizations: CNN, Sport, Russian Olympic Committee, Doping Agency, International Olympic Committee, International Skating Union, ISU, Valieva, CNN Sport Locations: Beijing, USA, Japan, Russian, Lausanne, Switzerland

☆ Russian figure skater Valieva's doping case resumes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Lausanne-based court began hearing her case in September but adjourned the proceedings after a panel of arbitrators asked for further documentation. Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, designed to prevent angina, at the Russian national championships in December 2021 when she was 15. Her team has said the positive test could have been due to a mix-up with her grandfather's heart medication. The Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) disciplinary commission found that Valieva had committed a violation for which she bore "no fault or negligence". WADA is seeking a four-year ban that would include voiding Valieva's results from the Beijing Games, effectively denying ROC their team event gold medal.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Valieva, Vincent Zhou, RUSADA, WADA, voiding, Gabrielle Tétrault, Farber, Nick Macfie Organizations: Sport, Beijing, Russian, Russian Olympic Committee, Olympics, Olympic Committee, U.S, Doping Agency, International Skating Union, ISU, Beijing Games, ROC, Thomson Locations: GENEVA, Lausanne, Russian

☆ U.S. ice dancers frustrated by delay in Russia doping case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine in December, 2021, but the result was only revealed the day after she helped Russia win the team gold at the Beijing Olympics in February of 2022. "As an athlete who grew up dreaming of winning an Olympic medal, this was never part of the dream, this was never part of what we envisioned. "That would be really special and still having an Olympic moment at an Olympic Games," Chock said. "Our dream has been to stand on the podium and get the Olympic medal," Bates said. "It'd be hard to walk away knowing that, despite having achieved the hard part of winning the Olympic medal, we didn't have that Olympic moment.

Persons: Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Issei Kato, Valieva, Bates, Chock, I'd, it's Michael Phelps, Lori Ewing, Ed Osmond Organizations: Saitama, Beijing, American, Sport, Japan, Canada, International Skating Union, Olympic, Team USA, ISU, Thomson Locations: Saitama, Japan, United States, Russia, Beijing, Paris, Skate America, Allen , Texas

☆ Vincent Zhou: Wait goes on for US skater to discover color of medal after Kamila Valieva’s positive doping test
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

According to US Figure Skating, it’s the only time in the history of the modern Olympics that athletes were not awarded their medals on site. Russian Kamila Valieva competes in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. Figure Skating will continue to stand alongside and support our athletes throughout this frustrating situation,” the organization said in a statement. “There are significant economic costs associated with not receiving an Olympic medal,” Zhou said in his statement. “These Olympic athletes fund a multi-billion dollar industry,” Koehler said, noting that the IOC brings in $2.4 billion annually.

Persons: Vincent Zhou, “ I’ve, I’ve, ”, Vincent, you’ve, ” Zhou, He’s, ” Vincent Zhou, Matthew Stockman, Kamila Valieva, Valieva, David J, Phillip, RUSADA, Zhou, they’ve, haven’t, Kamila, Alexander Nemenov, Rob Koehler, “, ” Koehler, Koehler, it’s, Jean Catuffe, They’re, they’re, they’ll, It’s, Adam Nelson, Yuriy Bilonog, ” Nelson, ’ ” Nelson, WADA, Valieva –, “ There’s, Matthieu Reeb, ” Reeb, “ WADA, ” WADA, ” RUSADA, he’ll, he’s Organizations: CNN —, Winter Games, CNN Sport, Capital, Getty, Russian Olympic Committee, Sochi Games, Doping Agency, International Olympic Committee, International Skating Union, ISU, Sport, US Olympic, Paralympic, Global, IOC, CNN, Skating, Olympic, Paralympic Museum, Olympic Movement, ”, USA, Games, Valieva, US, Doping ’ Agency, “ Locations: Beijing, China, Russia, Japan, Russian, Lausanne, Moscow, AFP, Colorado, “ U.S, U.S, American, Atlanta, Athens, Canada, …

☆ CAS adjourns Valieva case, hearing to resume in November
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sept 28 (Reuters) - The hearing of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case has been adjourned until November after a panel of arbitrators asked for further documentation, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday. "The hearing will therefore resume on 9 and 10 November 2023 in Lausanne at which time the evidentiary proceedings will be completed and the Panel will hear the parties' closing submissions. The Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) disciplinary commission found that Valieva had committed a violation for which she bore "no fault or negligence." The ISU has also asked CAS to determine the final result of the event. In her defence, Valieva said the positive test was the result of a mix-up with her grandfather's heart medication.

Persons: Kamila, Valieva, WADA, Rohith Nair, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Sport, Russian, Skating Union, ISU, Olympic Committee, United, Canada, Thomson Locations: Lausanne, Japan, Russian, Bengaluru

☆ Russian doping in focus as Valieva case heads to court
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Valieva was 15 when she became the first woman to complete a quadruple jump at the Olympics in the team event. The Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) disciplinary commission found that Valieva had committed a violation for which she bore "no fault or negligence." This effectively would deny ROC their team event gold medal. Vincent Zhou, one of the U.S. skaters, said in a statement on Monday that the global anti-doping system was "failing athletes." "Transparency would build confidence in a global anti-doping system that has lost the trust of its most important stakeholders: athletes."

Persons: Kamila, Valieva, haven't, Travis Tygart, what's, RUSADA, WADA, James Fitzgerald, Vincent Zhou, Gabrielle Tétrault, Farber, Steve Keating, Ken Ferris Organizations: Sport, Russian Olympic Committee, Russian, Doping Agency, Reuters, Olympic Committee, International Skating Union, ISU, U.S, Thomson Locations: GENEVA, Switzerland, U.S, Russian, Lausanne, Beijing, Geneva, Toronto

☆ US figure skater Zhou slams anti-doping system's failures ahead of Valieva hearing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"Whenever finally held, the awards ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Figure Skating Team Event will be a symbol of the gross failures of the IOC, CAS, RUSADA (Russian Anti-Doping Agency), and other global sporting administrators. While Valieva's hearing involving RUSADA, the ISU and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) begins on Tuesday, CAS have said they cannot be sure when the final decision will be announced. Zhou added that the U.S. team had asked to observe the hearing, but were told that it was confidential. "We were told that either of the involved parties could request a public hearing, but that neither did. "An open and transparent hearing would go a long way towards helping athletes understand any decision that is rendered."

Persons: Vincent Zhou, Zhou, Evan Bates, Karen Chen, Nathan Chen, Madison Chock, Zachary Donohue, Brandon Frazier, Madison Hubbell, Alexa Knierim, RUSADA, Aadi Nair, Ken Ferris Organizations: Sport, Russian, Beijing Olympics, Skating Union, ISU, U.S, Canada, Beijing Games, International Olympic Committee, IOC, Doping Agency, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Beijing, Japan, Bengaluru

☆ CAS to hear Russian figure skater Valieva's case in September
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 22 (Reuters) - Kamila Valieva's doping case hearing involving the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), International Skating Union (ISU) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will be held from Sept. 26-29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday. Russian Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine at the Russian national championships in December 2021 but the result was only made known on Feb. 8, 2022 a day after she helped her team win gold at the Beijing Olympics. "Following the hearing, the CAS Panel will deliberate and prepare the Arbitral Award containing its decision. At this juncture, it is not possible to indicate when the final decision will be announced," CAS said in a statement. During the Beijing Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided no medals for the team figure skating event would be presented until Valieva's case had been resolved.

Persons: WADA, RUSADA, Valieva, Rohith Nair, Ken Ferris Organizations: Doping Agency, Skating Union, ISU, Sport, Russian, Beijing Olympics, Doping, Beijing Games, International Olympic Committee, United, Canada, Thomson Locations: Russian, Japan, Bengaluru

☆ Ukraine may lose weightlifting places after third doping violation
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 29 (Reuters) - Ukraine are at risk of losing quota places for Olympic weightlifting at the Paris 2024 Games after a third athlete was provisionally suspended due to an anti-doping rule violation, Inside The Games reported. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), which would decide on any such punishment, did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment. By IWF rules an independent panel may withdraw quota places for both men and women if three sanctions are handed out for doping violations by athletes or others in one member federation within a 12-month period. Ukraine won eight medals at the recently concluded European Weightlifting Championships in Armenia, including two golds. The country has said it would boycott the Olympics Games if Russians and Belarusians are allowed to compete, even as neutrals, following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine last year.

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