On February 14, Beijing time, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced the rejection of the appeal of the International Olympic Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating Union, allowing Vallieva to participate in the women's figure skating individual event at tomorrow's Winter Olympics. The International Court of Arbitration for Sport gave a detailed explanation. According to US media reports, Jeffrey Benz, an American who is one of the members of the three-person arbitration panel, arbitrated the drug-related case of the Russian tennis star Sharapova that year.
One of the explanations given by REED, secretary general of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, is that Valieva is currently under the age of 16 and should be protected according to the relevant regulations.
Second, the three-member arbitration panel argued that the application for a temporary ban on Vallieva appeared inappropriate after russia won the Winter Olympics in the team match on February 7, and they believed that the athletes concerned should not be banned.
Third, Vallieva's test results on December 25 last year, if not officially handed over on February 8, but officially announced before the Winter Olympics, there is no mess behind, which is not caused by the athletes themselves.
The three-person arbitration panel was headed by the Italian Fabio Judika, and the judges were Jeffrey Benz of the American and Vesna Bergant Rakocevich of the Slovene. In its latest announcement, the Court of Arbitration for Sport specifically wrote: "Our final decision was made by three arbitrators engaged in sports law, all of whom had their own players participating in figure skating competitions, but they knew that their decisions were made in accordance with the law and based on the arbitral tribunal." ”
Tomorrow, Valieva's performance on the field will continue to be the focus of media and public opinion.