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Post by Admin on Feb 10, 2022 19:42:51 GMT
There were no drugs in the doping test of the Olympic figure skating champion Kamila Valieva. This was reported to RBC Sport by a source familiar with the situation and an interlocutor in the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR). “In a doping sample taken from Valieva in December, no drugs were found. We are talking about trimetazidine, in minimal proportions,” said one of the interlocutors. The information was confirmed by a second source. On Wednesday, Inside the Games reported that the reason for the delay in awarding gold medals to the Russian figure skating team was a doping test by Kamila Valieva. The publication clarified that an additional problem in this case is the age of the athlete. She is not yet 16 years old, and therefore officially she cannot be accused of violating anti-doping rules. This is the reason for the protracted litigation. According to Inside the Games, at the moment several groups of lawyers are trying to find a way out of this situation. It is indicated that the decision can be made tomorrow. The publication clarified that Valieva can avoid serious punishment precisely because of her age. In turn, the sources of The Guardian reported that the substance found during the doping test is not capable of affecting the results of the athlete. RBC turned to the Russian Olympic Committee, the Ministry of Sports and the Russian Figure Skating Federation for comments. Trimetazidine is a prohibited substance, which since 2015 has been included in the class S6b stimulants (stimulants related to specific substances) and moved to the newly created subclass S4.5c, since, by its pharmacological effects, it can be qualified as a modulator of cardiometabolism. The substance trimetazidine in low concentration was found in the sample of the Russian bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang. As a result, the athlete was disqualified, and her result at the Games was cancelled. However, unlike Valieva, Sergeeva's sample was taken at the Olympics.
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Post by Admin on Feb 10, 2022 23:55:21 GMT
As The Blade Turns: Kamila Valieva Doping Scandal Update (Eteri Tutberidze, Russian Doping Scandal) 5,555 views • Feb 11, 2022 • Kamila Valieva is accustomed to the attention that comes with being an Olympic gold medal favorite, but she never faced quite as much scrutiny as she did on Thursday morning at a practice rink adjacent to Beijing's Capital Indoor Stadium. The 15-year-old, who helped the Russian Olympic Committee(ROC) to gold in the team event at the Beijing Olympics on Monday, now finds herself embroiled in turmoil after Russian media reported she had tested positive for a banned substance prior to the Games. I break down all of the latest news and give my take on the situation and its possible repercussions in the latest edition of 'As The Blade Turns'.
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Post by Admin on Feb 11, 2022 5:06:10 GMT
Full text here of the International Testing Agency's statement on Kamila Valieva here #Beijing2022 "The decision on the results of the ROC team in the Team Figure Skating event can be taken by the ISU only after a final decision on the full merits of the case has been taken. The procedure ... can only address the provisional suspensions" #Beijing2022
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Post by Admin on Feb 11, 2022 12:37:37 GMT
As The Blade Turns: Official Kamila Valieva Doping Update (International Testing Agency Report) 10,604 views • Feb 11, 2022 • As The Blade Turns: Official Kamila Valieva Doping Update (International Testing Agency Report)
THE INTERNATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (ITA), LEADING THE ANTI-DOPING PROGRAM FOR THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES BEIJING 2022, INFORMS ABOUT THE CASE OF FIGURE SKATER KAMILA VALIEVA.
First, the ITA stresses that Ms. Kamila Valieva, a member of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) delegation in Beijing, is a minor and therefore a ‘Protected Person’ under the World Anti-Doping Code – this status applies to persons under the age of 16. As such, the parties are not subject to mandatory public disclosure of her name or any case she might be involved in, instead any public disclosure must be proportionate to the facts and circumstances of the case. Seeing that some in the media did not grant her the same protection and have reported widely on the basis of unofficial information following the postponement of the medal ceremony of the figure skating Team Event at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the ITA acknowledges the necessity for official information due to heightened public interest.
To state the facts chronologically, a sample from the athlete was collected under the testing authority and results management authority of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) on 25 December 2021 during the 2022 Russian Figure Skating Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The WADA-accredited laboratory of Stockholm, Sweden, reported that the sample had returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) for the non-specified prohibited substance trimetazidine (classified as S4. Hormone and Metabolic Modulators according to the Prohibited List of the World Anti-Doping Code) on 8 February 2022. Following this, the athlete was provisionally suspended by RUSADA with immediate effect.
Pursuant to Article 15 of the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the decision of RUSADA imposing a provisional suspension automatically prohibited the athlete from participation in all sports during the provisional suspension, including the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
As the sample was collected by RUSADA ahead of the Winter Games, this case is not under the jurisdiction of the IOC and thus not directly managed by the ITA. In line with the IOC Anti-Doping Rules, the ITA immediately informed the athlete that the provisional suspension imposed on her by RUSADA is binding upon the IOC and the athlete is prevented from competing, training, coaching, or participating in any activity, during the Olympic Winter Games.
Due to the fact that this is not a case under the authority of the IOC and taking into account her abovementioned status as Protected Person, the ITA abstained from publicly disclosing the case following the notification in order to protect the athlete’s identity as a minor and to ensure that all necessary measures for her physical and mental safeguarding could be implemented. All the while all due legal processes were initiated.
The athlete challenged the imposition of the provisional suspension before the RUSADA Disciplinary Anti-Doping Committee on 9 February 2022 and a hearing took place on the same day. On the evening of 9 February 2020, the RUSADA Disciplinary Anti-Doping Committee decided to lift the athlete’s provisional suspension, thus allowing her to continue her participation in the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. The reasoned decision, including the grounds for which the provisional suspension was lifted, will be issued shortly to all concerned parties.
Under the World Anti-Doping Code, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the International Skating Union (ISU), RUSADA and the IOC have a right to appeal the decision to lift the provisional suspension before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The IOC will exercise its right to appeal and not to wait for the reasoned decision by RUSADA, because a decision is needed before the next competition the athlete is due to take part in (Women Single Skating, 15 February 2022).
Following the delegation of the IOC’s anti-doping program in relation to the Olympic Games to the ITA, the ITA will lead the appeal before CAS on behalf of the IOC.
The proceedings on the merits of the apparent anti-doping rule violation, including the athlete’s right to request the analysis of the B-sample, will be pursued by RUSADA in due course.
The decision on the results of the ROC team in the Team Figure Skating event can be taken by the ISU only after a final decision on the full merits of the case has been taken. The procedure, which is initiated currently, can only address the provisional suspension.
Given that the legal process for this case is not finally concluded, the ITA will not provide any additional comments. Any further information on the case will be issued in form of a public statement.
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Post by Admin on Feb 12, 2022 1:35:23 GMT
As The Blade Turns: Kamila Valieva Faces Global Wrath (Doping Scandal, Boxes of Pills) 3,097 views • Feb 12, 2022 • Russian skating prodigy Kamila Valieva's failed drug test prior to her dazzling Winter Games team gold threw the 15-year-old's Olympic future into doubt and reawakened global anger over Moscow's doping history on Friday.
But the Kremlin - already facing Western diplomatic wrath over a troop buildup near Ukraine - was also defiant in the sporting terrain, calling Valieva's case a "misunderstanding".
I break down all of the news in the latest edition of 'As The Blade Turns'.
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