(Reuters) – Russia’s anti-doping agency (RUSADA) has ruled figure skating figure skater Kamila Valieva “not at fault” after testing positive for drugs. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced on the 13th.
Valieva contributed to Russia’s team victory at the Beijing Olympics held in February last year, but before the individual event, samples taken at the Russian Championships on December 25, 2021 tested positive for the banned drug trimetazidine. caused a big uproar.
WADA said in a statement that RUSADA acknowledged that Valieva had committed an anti-doping rule violation, but that it had “no fault”. Valieva only had her results at the Russian Championships for which she tested positive, but no other sanctions.
WADA, which had sought a four-year suspension, said it was “concerned” by RUSADA and threatened to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
