The reasons why Vallieva continued to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics were: first, That Valieva was a protected person under the World Anti-Doping Regulations; second, the Russian Anti-Doping Rules and the World Anti-Doping Rules both had special standards and lenient penalties for the identification of protected persons; third, Valieva did not test positive at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the arbitral tribunal believed that the ban would cause inevitable harm; fourth, the arbitral tribunal stressed that the time for the publication of Vallieva's drug test results last year was extremely inappropriate.

Source @People's Daily Sports
Edited by Shanshan Gao
Process Editor Tai Shaofeng