Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva is facing a four-year ban and could possibly lose her Olympic gold medal after testing positive for a banned substance during the Beijing Games.
The World Anti-Doping Agency is seeking a four-year ban on Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, whoduring the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport took up the case following a lack of progress by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency .
In a statement released Monday, CAS announced that arbitration has begun following the WADA’s appeal over"the absence of a decision in the procedure Kamila Valieva performs at Capital Indoor Stadium during the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Feb. 7, 2022. "WADA seeks a ruling from CAS that the Athlete committed an ADRV pursuant to Article 4.1 and/or 4.2 of the RUSADA ADR, and that the Athlete be sanctioned with a four-year period of ineligibility starting on the date on which the CAS award enters into force, as well as the disqualification of all competitive results obtained by her from, and including the date of 25 December 2021, with all resulting consequences ," the statement read.
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