When Jeffrey Benz competed in international figure skating events in the 1980s representing the United States, he dreamed of going on to participate in the Olympic winter games.
Three decades later, the dream has come true, though not in a way his younger self could have imagined.
Valieva, the first woman to land the quadruple jump at the Olympics, is widely reported to be a favorite to win the women’s individual figure skating gold., said that before and after the positive sample was collected on Dec. 25, Valieva "passed numerous doping tests, she passed them also in Beijing during the figure skating tournament. All results have been negative."
Until the Valieva controversy, the tribunal’s docket for the first week of the games involved a handful of bobsleigh and skeleton disputes over the allocation of spots available to athletes to compete in the games.Benz and his colleagues – there are 12 members of the so-called ad hoc division who handle broad legal issues, plus six more who focus on anti-doping cases – set up temporary offices on the second floor of the Beijing Continental Grand Hotel on Jan. 25.
As for the arbitrators, Benz said they get a per diem to cover their expenses, plus the chance to watch the games.
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