With her doping case still to be decided, figure skater Kamila Valieva broke down in tears after an emotional practice session at the Winter Olympics.
With her doping case still to be decided, Russian Olympic Committee figure skater Kamila Valieva broke down in tears on Saturday after an emotional practice session at the Olympics.Valieva won gold in the team event with ROCThe 15-year-old's status at the Olympics is unclear after testing positive for a banned substance.
Valieva fell during practice on a triple axel — a jump she typically executes without a problem — while doing a run-through of her short program. The IOC said it wanted the dispute to be resolved as soon as possible, but it was unclear when the CAS would decide on the case."It was sending a signal that we want this solved as quickly as it can be," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told a media briefing when asked why the Olympic body got involved in an appeal that it would normally leave to WADA."But it does impact quite a lot on the Olympic Games here in Beijing and we thought it was important that we were involved in the process.
On Monday — hours after Valieva's skating helped the Russians win the Olympic team event — the Stockholm lab notified RUSADA the test was positive. RUSADA said on Friday it was told the delay was caused by coronavirus, with lab staff in Sweden having been ill or in isolation. The CAS panel of three judges will consider only the IOC-WADA request to re-impose the interim ban on Valieva. That would effectively end her Olympics.
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