On the 17th, the CAS = Court of Arbitration for Sport released a ruling document that led to a decision to allow participation to continue, over the doping violation of Kamira Wariewa, a figure skating girl at the Beijing Olympics.


It was revealed that Wariewa had claimed that her grandfather's medicine was most likely contaminated.

ROC = Russian Olympic Committee 15-year-old Wariewa, who was provisionally ranked 4th in the women's singles for figure skating until the 17th, tested positive for the banned substance "trimetazidine" in a doping test last December. However, the CAS has decided to allow it to continue participating.



Regarding this decision, CAS released a document on the ruling on the 17th.

Among them, it became clear that Wariewa claimed that "trimetazidine", which was taken when his grandfather had a seizure, was most likely mixed as a result of domestic involvement. I did.


His grandfather was attending the training of Wariewa.

“Intention to request another sample analysis”

In addition, Wariewa claimed that there was a high possibility of technical mistakes during the analysis due to the small amount of the detected substance, so it was collected together with the tested sample and stored unopened. It indicates the intention to request the analysis of another sample.



At the same time, it is revealed that they were ingesting "L-carnitine" and "hypoxen", which are not prohibited substances.



On the other hand, the reason for this decision is that although Wariewa can participate and cancel the ranking and return the medal after winning the medal, the opportunity to participate in the Olympics cannot be replaced and it is irreparable. It emphasizes that damage will occur.

From the female single players ...

Regarding the problems and effects of Doping in Wariewa, other athletes who participated in the women's singles commented that sports should be fair and that they concentrated on themselves.



Karen Chen of the United States, who won the silver medal in the group, said that the group's medal award ceremony was not held, "I was looking forward to practicing desperately for the Olympics and standing on the podium with my teammates. I'm sorry. "


She added, she said, "This situation is very disappointing and not fun. Fairness is important in any sport, not just the Olympics. I wonder what it means to compete in the absence of fairness." I did.

Eva-Lotta Kybus of Estonia said, "No matter how much I sympathize with the player, what is positive is positive and what is correct can be seen from the test results. I focused on myself and figure skating I wanted to convey that it was beautiful. "

Belgian player Loena Hendrickx said, "I don't know much about this issue so I don't have any special opinion, but I want to be in the right position and believe that I enjoy sports."

On the other hand, Anna Shelvakova, who is the same ROC as Wariewa who won the gold medal in the women's single, said, "I don't want to talk about this." I still don't understand what you're asked, "he said.