Today, after Monday’s verdict of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which punished Valieva with a four-year ban from starts and disqualification from December 2021, the ISU published the new order of the team competition from the Olympic Games, which was won by Russia. As expected, the USA team moved to the first place, the second is the originally third Japan.
However, the Russian team was not disqualified and the ISU only deducted points for Valijeva’s results, but did not add points to the other teams. Russia thus fell from first to third position, which it defended by a point ahead of Canada, which thus did not see a move to the medal stand. According to AP, the Canadian federation will most likely appeal to CAS.
The Russian Olympic Committee is planning an appeal against the adjustment of the results. “We believe that under the current ISU rules, sanctions for an individual athlete, in this case Kamila Valieva, cannot lead to a revision of the results of the team competition,” he said.
The then 15-year-old Valiyeva won the maximum number of 10 points in the Olympic team competition for Russia for winning the short program and free skate. Without her 20, Russia has 54 points in the modified standings, one point more than fourth place Canada. However, due to her disqualification, Valijeva will not receive the bronze medal.
“The ISU is in close contact with the International Olympic Committee and the relevant member federations regarding the implementation of this decision,” the ISU said.
Due to disqualification from competitions from December 25, 2021, the Skating Union, as expected, stripped Valieva of the title of European champion, which was held in January 2022 in Tallinn. Her compatriot Anna Ščerbakovová moved to the first position, another Russian Alexandra Trusova to the second place, and the Belgian Loena Hendrickxová, who won the EC in Kaunas two weeks ago, expanded her medal collection with a bronze. Czech representative Eliška Březinová improved to 20th position.
Valijevová also lost fourth place in the individual competition at the Beijing Olympics, in which she was allowed to participate conditionally after the publication of her doping case, and under the pressure of circumstances she did not fulfill the role of the favorite. After her disqualification, Březinová will move to 19th place in the Olympic ranking.
Valijeva tested positive for trimetazidine in December 2021 at the Russian championship. After the publication of the doping findings during the Beijing Olympics, she defended herself by claiming that the banned substance got into her body by accident from her grandfather’s medicine. At the beginning of last year, the Russian tribunal decided that the competitor was not to blame for the case.
Against this, the world and Russian anti-doping agencies appealed to the CAS. WADA demanded a four-year ban for Valieva. RUSADA suggested giving the young representative only a warning and asked to keep the gold medal from the Olympic team competition. The ISU requested her disqualification from all competitions from the date of her positive test. Arbitration heard the case in November and ultimately sided with WADA and the ISU.
2024-01-30 13:24:50
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