Alerts! Russian media: The International Court of Arbitration for Sport allowed Valieva to participate in competitions related to the Winter Olympics

According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) allowed Russian figure skater Vallieva to participate in the Winter Olympics.

The International Inspection Agency (ITA), commissioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which is responsible for doping inspection during the Olympic Games, issued a statement on the 11th that it will file a lawsuit with the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on behalf of the IOC against the Decision of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency to allow Valieva to continue to participate. The INTERNATIONAL SKATING Federation also issued a statement saying it would appeal to CAS to continue the temporary ban on Valieva.

The Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating competition decided the first gold medal in the project on the 7th, the Russian Olympic Committee team won the team championship, and the United States and Japan won the silver and bronze medals respectively. However, the award ceremony that was supposed to be held at the Awards Plaza in Beijing on the evening of the 8th was postponed for some reason. Later, the media rumored that the award ceremony was postponed because of the doping problem of Vallieva, a 15-year-old russian figure skating genius. The IOC did not comment further on the rumor on the 9th and 10th, only stressing that it was a "legal issue" and was still under study.

On the 11th, the ITA's statement detailed the ins and outs of the incident. According to the ITA, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) collected Vallieva test samples at the Russian Figure Skating Championships held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on December 25 last year, and sent them to the World Anti-Doping Agency's accredited laboratory in Stockholm, Sweden.

However, a month and a half later, on February 8 this year, the day after the end of the figure skating team competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Stockholm laboratory in Sweden reported that rusada tested positive for Vallieva on December 25 last year, and the banned substance detected was trimetazide. The athlete was immediately suspended by RUSADA temporarily. Under the IOC's Anti-Doping Rules for the Beijing Winter Olympics, this means that Valieva will not be able to continue to compete in any of the events, including the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The ITA said that because the doping sample was collected by RUSADA before the Beijing Winter Olympics, the case was not under the jurisdiction of the IOC and was not directly managed by ITA. According to the relevant rules, the ITA immediately informed Vallieva that RUSADA's temporary ban decision meant that she could not continue to participate, train or participate in any other related activities at the Beijing Winter Olympics.