The International Testing Agency will fight Russia’s decision to lift ban on skater Kamila Valieva, after confirming reports she had failed a drug test.
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s right to compete in the women’s event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at an urgent hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The positive test was flagged by a laboratory in Sweden only on Tuesday — the day after Valieva helped the Russians win the team event and just hours before the medal ceremony, which was then postponed. Whether the Russians will lose their gold medal in the team event will be decided later. The legal handling of Valieva’s case started with an immediate interim ban from the Beijing Olympics imposed by the Russian agency, known as RUSADA, which oversaw testing at the national championships.On Wednesday, a disciplinary panel from the Russian agency upheld her appeal to overturn the skater’s interim ban.The urgent hearing will only consider the question of the provisional ban at these games, said the International Testing Agency which is prosecuting on behalf of the IOC.
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