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☆ Nikolaj Sørensen: Canadian ice dancer suspended for a minimum of six years for alleged ‘sexual maltreatment’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Canadian ice dancer Nikolaj Sørensen has been suspended for a minimum of six years for “sexual maltreatment,” Canada’s Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC) announced on Wednesday. It’s unclear whether the alleged assault was ever reported to police, or if an investigation by law enforcement ever took place. While the report made by the alleged victim to the OSIC has not been released to the public, Hogshead tells CNN the alleged sexual assault occurred after a party in Hartford, Connecticut, in 2012. Sørensen and Laurence Fournier Beaudry perform their free dance in the ice dance competition at the 2024 world championships. Sørensen competed at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, finishing ninth in the ice dance competition with Beaudry.

Persons: Nikolaj Sørensen, ”, –, Nancy Hogshead –, Sørensen, “, ” Hogshead, Hogshead, Laurence Fournier Beaudry, Graham Hughes Organizations: CNN, Sport, of Canada, Skate, International Skating Union, ISU, Canadian Press, AP, Instagram, Canadian National, Games, Beaudry Locations: Canadian, American, Skate Canada, Hartford , Connecticut, Shanghai, China, Beijing

☆ Deanna Stellato-Dudek is now the oldest woman to win a World Figure Skating Championship - and has a message for non-athletes
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

With her partner Maxime Deschamps, the 40-year-old former retiree defeated athletes less than half her age and became the oldest woman to win a World Figure Skating Championship. Deschamps throws Stellato-Dudek into a triple twist during the pairs' free skate portion of the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. While elite singles skating often rewards youth – requiring immense stamina to pull off quadruple jumps or triple-triple jump combinations – pairs skating comes with its own hazards. Minas Panagiotakis/Getty ImagesBeing the oldest female world champion was “not something that I ever set out to do when I came back to skating,” Stellato-Dudek said after her victory. Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps won their world championship in front of a rapturous home crowd in Montreal on Thursday.

Persons: Deanna Stellato, Dudek, Maxime Deschamps, Deschamps, Stellato, it’s, “, ”, ” ‘, ’, Minas, who’s, Nathan Bartholomay, Dudek “, I’d, Beverley Smith, Deschamps captivate, ” Stellato, Minerva Fabienne Hase, Hase, “ Deanna, ” Hase, “ I’m, Mert Alper, Smith Organizations: CNN, Minas Panagiotakis, ISU Junior, CBC, NBC Sports, Getty Locations: Stellato, Chicago, Florida, Canada, Quebec, Montreal, German, Canadian, Anadolu

☆ 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

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: 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

Bilas said during the “College Gameday” show that fans should never be allowed on the court, and his comments went viral. “But it seems inevitable that something negative will happen, and we’ll act surprised when it was foreseeable.”A Tulane fan was seen on video making contact with a Memphis player during a court storming in New Orleans hours after the Clark incident on Jan. 21. Fans also stormed the court at Oregon State on Thursday and at Iowa State and Wyoming on Saturday. The court storming at Iowa State's Hilton Coliseum following Saturday's 79-75 win over No. SEC fines are paid to the visiting school if the storming occurred in a conference game.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Clark, Jay Bilas, Bilas, ” Bilas, ”, Gil Fried, Fried, Micah Willbrand, Ben Johnson, ” Johnson, “, it’s, Herb Vincent, Emeritus Harris Pastides, It's, they'd Organizations: Ohio State, Buckeyes, Hawkeyes, ESPN, Gameday, Associated Press, Tulane, Southeastern Conference, South, Kentucky, Oregon State, Iowa State, University of West, NEC, Iowa State's Hilton, Security, Jayhawks, ISU, SEC, Carolina, Gamecocks, NFL, NBA Locations: Iowa, Columbus, Memphis, New Orleans, South Carolina, Wyoming, University of West Florida, Europe, Latin America, United States, Kansas, Minnesota

☆ Ava Marie Ziegler enjoys surprise win to lead American 1-2 in major international figure skating competition
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —American teenager Ava Marie Ziegler won her first ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating title, as she sealed victory at the NHK Trophy in Osaka, Japan following a sparkling routine in the free skate. “I really used my fifth-place result yesterday to motivate me because I know that I could do better and I really used it to push me to be the best that I could be,” Ziegler said, according to the International Skating Union. It (this result) definitely helped with my confidence.”Ava Marie Ziegler of the United States reacts to her score. Toru Hanai/International Skating Union/Getty ImagesHer free skate routine yielded a personal best of 138.46 points, and she scored 200.50 points overall, breaking the 200-point mark for the first time in her career. While Ziegler and Thorngren have not qualified for the final, their compatriots Isabeau Levito and Ilia Malinin will represent the USA in the women’s and men’s singles, respectively.

Persons: Ava Marie Ziegler, Lindsay Thorngren, Belgium’s Nina Pinzarrone, Thorngren, axel, “, ” Ziegler, ” Ava Marie Ziegler, Toru Hanai, Ziegler, Isabeau Levito, Ilia Malinin Organizations: CNN, ISU, NHK, International Skating Union, Skating Union, Getty Locations: Osaka, Japan, United States, Beijing, China, USA

☆ 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

☆ 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

☆ 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

ANGERS, France (AP) — Isabeau Levito's quest for a first Grand Prix victory is over. The 16-year-old American figure skater won the Grand Prix de France on Saturday with a total of 203.22 points for her two programs. Teenager Levito had previously claimed four runner-up finishes at other Grand Prix events, including at Skate America last month. The Grand Prix de France is the third of six events in the ISU Grand Prix series. The best skaters qualify for the Grand Prix Final in Beijing from Dec. 7-10.

Persons: Nina Pinzarrone, Rion Sumiyoshi, Levito, Ilia Malinin Organizations: Prix de France, Japan, Skate America, ISU, Paris Locations: ANGERS, France, Belgium, Beijing, paris

☆ 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

☆ 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

☆ 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, …

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The doping case involving teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva that marred the 2022 Beijing Olympics returned to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday. Awaiting the outcome are nine American skaters who could become Olympic champions in the team event after finishing second in Beijing behind Valieva and the Russians. The first Russian anti-doping tribunal to judge the case during the Olympics in February 2022 said Valieva and her legal team “intend to conduct further investigation and present the results” at future hearings in the case. The Russian anti-doping agency also joined the appeal and suggested a reprimand would do. Valieva has not skated internationally since Beijing because of an ISU ban on Russians following the country's invasion of Ukraine.

Persons: Kamila Valieva, Valieva, WADA, —, ” WADA, James Fitzgerald, France —, “, Fitzgerald, ”, Eteri Tutberidze —, Thomas Bach, Bach, ” Tutberidze, ___ Organizations: Beijing Olympics, Sport, Doping Agency, International Skating Union, ISU, United, Canada, Russian, International Olympic, IOC, Kremlin Locations: LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Russian, Russia, Beijing, Valieva, Montreal, Australia, United States, France, Japan, Sweden, Moscow, “, Ukraine

☆ 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

☆ RUSADA files CAS appeal seeking 'appropriate consequences' for Valieva
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sport's highest court said on Friday that RUSADA had lodged an appeal seeking a ruling that would sanction Valieva after the disciplinary tribunal of Russia's anti-doping body had found the teenager not guilty of any doping infraction. In her defence, Valieva said the positive test was the result of a mix-up with her grandfather's heart medication. A RUSADA investigation released in January acknowledged that Valieva did fail a drug test but ruled that the teenager was not guilty of any doping infraction. "RUSADA seeks a ruling from CAS setting aside the challenged decision and finding the athlete to have committed an anti-doping rule violation under the RUSADA anti-doping rules, and sanctioned with 'the appropriate consequences' ...," CAS said in a statement. Despite the positive test, CAS cleared Valieva to continue competing at the Beijing Games in the women's singles, upholding an earlier decision by RUSADA to lift a ban on the skater.

☆ International Skating Union to appeal Valieva doping case to CAS
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Feb 22 (Reuters) - The International Skating Union will lodge an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the case of figure skater Kamila Valieva after a Russian investigation found the teenager not guilty of any doping infraction, it said on Wednesday. The ISU said it is seeking a period of ineligibility at CAS's own discretion. "Additionally, CAS is to decide the consequences of the Anti-Doping Rule Violation committed by Kamila Valieva and determine the final results of the Figure Skating Team Event at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games." In her defence, Valieva said the positive test was the result of a mix-up with her grandfather's heart medication. During the Beijing Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided that no medals for the team figure skating event would be presented until Valieva's case had been resolved.

☆ Americans Chock and Bates win Four Continents ice dance
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mandatory Credit: Michael Ciaglo-USA TODAY SportsFeb 13 (Reuters) - Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates won their third Four Continents ice dance title in Colorado on Sunday after setting both free dance and overall career-best scores to edge Canadian pair Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen. Performing to 'Souffrance' and 'Les Tectoniques', Chock and Bates, who led after the short programme on Friday, earned 133.14 points in the free dance to take their total to 220.81. Chock and Bates also won the 2019 and 2020 titles in the competition, which features skates from outside of Europe. The veteran pair, who won world championships bronze last year, underlined their status as favourites for next month's event in Saitama, Japan. "This competition sets us up really well for the world championships and for our goal of winning worlds," Bates said.

☆ RUSADA rules figure skater Valieva did not commit doping offence - WADA
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Jan 13 (Reuters) - The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) investigation into figure skater Kamila Valieva's failed drug test has ruled that the teenager was not guilty of any doping infraction, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Friday. WADA said in a statement that RUSADA had determined that although Valieva had committed an anti-doping rule violation, she bore "no fault or negligence" for it. In her defence, Valieva said the positive test was the result of a mix-up with her grandfather's heart medication. CAS had cleared Valieva to continue competing at the Beijing Games in the women's singles, upholding an earlier decision by RUSADA to lift a ban on the skater. CAS had cited the fact that Valieva was a "protected person" under WADA rules as one of the "exceptional circumstances" underpinning its decision.

☆ The Eteri Expiration Date: Kamila Valieva and Russia's quest for figure skating gold
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-07 | by ( Gabrielle Paluch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Russia's Kamila Valieva is the first female figure skater to land a quad at the Olympics. Kamila Valieva has made Olympics history in Beijing by landing two quadruple jumps – paving the way for a Gold in the team figure skating competition. The Quad Squad – Kamila Valieva, Anna Scherbakova, and Alexandra Trusova – at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships on Jan. 15, 2022. Kamila Valieva of Russia performs during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in January in Tallinn, Estonia. Vladimir Pesnya/Epsilon/Getty ImagesCoach Eteri Tutberidze with skater Alexandra Trusova at the Russian Figure Skating Championships in 2021.

☆ Incendiu de proporții la Salonta: Un depozit de mase plastice a luat foc. Fumul se îndreaptă spre o localitate din Ungaria
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: captură videoIncendiu de proporții la Salonta: Un depozit de mase plastice a luat foc. Fumul se îndreaptă spre o localitate din UngariaUn incendiu de proporții a izbucnit în această dimineață la Salonta, în județul Bihor. „Incendiul se manifestă violent, cu degajări mari de fum și gaze toxice. „Există depășiri evidente de monoxid de carbon, dar din fericire nu avem o degajare de fum care să se îndrepte spre Salonta”, a precizat el. „Avem anchetă în lucru, în momentul de față toți sunt concetrati pe stingerea incediului, după ce se va stinge incendiul vom continua ancheta și vom veni cu rezultate”, a precizat Berceanu.

Persons: Camelia Roșca, Octavian Berceanu, Berceanu Organizations: Gărzii, Mediu Locations: Salonta, Ungaria, Bihor, Crișana

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