WADA's bombshell move in case of Russian teen

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The World Anti-Doping Agency said it sent the Beijing Olympics lawsuit of teenage fig skater Kamila Valieva to sport’s highest court, accusing Russian officials of making “no progress” toward resolving it.

Under a seldom utilized power, WADA tin instrumentality cases retired of nationalist agencies' hands and nonstop them nonstop to CAS if it tin amusement that they are not being resolved successful a “timely” manner, according to planetary anti-doping rules.

The Russian anti-doping agency, known arsenic RUSADA, had indicated past period it was preparing to clasp a proceeding but wouldn’t marque the verdict nationalist due to the fact that Valieva was lone 15 astatine the clip she tested positive.

“Despite putting RUSADA nether ceremonial announcement to resoluteness the Kamila Valieva lawsuit promptly, nary advancement was made. Therefore, I tin corroborate WADA has present officially referred it straight to the Court of Arbitration for Sport,” WADA president Witold Banka wrote connected Twitter.

WADA warned Russian officials past period to velocity up their investigation, which could effect successful the United States squad being upgraded from metallic to golden medals.

A lawsuit astatine the sports tribunal successful Lausanne, Switzerland, is inactive apt to instrumentality respective months to process.

A erstwhile CAS sheet of judges allowed Valieva to vie successful the women’s idiosyncratic lawsuit successful Beijing adjacent nether suspicion of doping.

Valieva won Olympic golden successful the squad contention earlier uncovering retired she tested affirmative for a banned substance earlier the Beijing Games astatine a Russian contention successful December 2020. The coronavirus pandemic caused delays astatine the laboratory tasked with investigating the illustration and it was lone reported erstwhile Valieva was astatine the Olympics.

She appealed a provisional suspension and was allowed to skate successful the women’s idiosyncratic lawsuit and placed fourth. While anti-doping procedures continued successful Russia, Valieva has been skating successful nationalist competitions.

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