Russian media: The International Olympic Committee said that if Vallieva wins, there will be no award ceremony

According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, the International Olympic Committee said that if Russian figure skater Vallieva wins a medal in the figure skating women's singles event, the award ceremony will not be held during the Winter Olympics.

(Screenshot of the IOC website statement)

The official website of the International Olympic Committee released a statement on the 14th that the IOC Executive Committee took note of the international court of arbitration for sport ruling that Valieva can continue to participate in the relevant competitions of the Winter Olympic Games. The IOC "had to" abide by the ruling, allowing Vallieva to compete in the women's figure skating event that followed.

After preliminary consultations between the IOC and the relevant national Olympic committees, the IOC Executive Committee decided that it was "inappropriate" to hold a figure skating team event award ceremony during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics "for the sake of fairness to all players and relevant national Olympic committees", because one player tested positive, but it has not yet been conclusively determined whether the player violated the relevant anti-doping rules.

The statement also said that if Vallieva finishes in the top three in the women's singles event in figure skating, the award ceremony will not be held during this Winter Olympics. After consultation with the players concerned and the National Olympic Committees concerned, the IOC arranged the award ceremony after the end of the Valieva case.

The Satellite News Agency reported earlier on the 14th that the International Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected the appeal of the International Olympic Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating Federation on the same day, and decided to allow the Russian Olympic Committee figure skater Vallieva to continue to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee confirmed on the 9th of this month that the award ceremony for the figure skating team competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which was supposed to be held on the evening of the 8th, was postponed due to "legal issues", but did not disclose the specific reasons. 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. 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.

The International Inspection Agency (ITA), commissioned by the International Olympic Committee to be responsible for doping inspections during the Olympic Games, issued a statement on the 11th, detailing 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 player 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.