Skater Kamila Valiwa suspended for four years for her positive test at the end of 2021

Kamila Valiva finally knows her destiny. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) gave its opinion on Monday. The 17-year-old skater, the Olympic team champion at the 2022 Olympic Games, has been suspended for four years for this anti-doping test which revealed the presence of trimetazidine (banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency since 2014). Young skaters from December 25, 2021 to late 2021. She is retroactively disqualified for this entire period.

The judges’ result comes at the end of a complicated case due to the age of the parent (15 years) when the positive test was announced at the 2022 Games and the decision of the Independent Disciplinary Commission of the Russian Anti-Doping Authority (RUSADA) to initially suspend the athlete.

While the Kremlin condemned “ A political decision », the American Anti-Doping Agency (USA) has welcomed the suspension but believes it comes too late, stressing other injured athletes. USADA took advantage of the event to once again accuse the Russian state of organizing a global doping program for its athletes since the Sochi Olympic Games in 2014, of which young Kamila Valiva was a collateral victim.