In response to the Russian Anti-Doping Agency's decision not to suspend Kamila Valieva, a female figure skater who was found guilty of doping at the Beijing Olympics last February, WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) has issued a statement. It has announced that it has filed a complaint with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
At the Beijing Olympics last February, 15-year-old Valieva participated as a member of the Russian Olympic Committee and contributed to the gold medal of the figure skating team. A doping test revealed that he was positive for the banned substance trimetazidine.
Regarding this, RUSADA (Russian Anti-Doping Agency), which investigated this, last month admitted Valieva's violation, but said that there was "no fault" and disqualified only the results of the Russian Championships where she tested positive for banned substances, and was suspended for the rest. I announced that I made a decision not to dispose of it.
In response, WADA, which is seeking a four-year suspension, including the period of the Beijing Olympics, announced on the 21st that it has filed a lawsuit with the CAS = Court of Arbitration for Sport, claiming that RUSADA's decision was wrong.
Valieva, who was under the age of 16 and was a "protected person" under WADA's regulations, claimed that she was not intentionally doping, saying that "the medicine her grandfather was taking was mixed."