U.S. Figure Skating has largely taken the high road when it comes to allegations of Russian doping at last year's Beijing Olympics, which have left its team without any sort of medal after finishing second nearly a year ago.
CAS did not rule on the entirety of the case, though, referring it to the Russian Anti-Doping Agency. Only after months of waiting, and increasing pressure from the World Anti-Doping Agency and other anti-doping bodies, did RUSADA say it had finished its investigation but would not publish a verdict because Valieva was 15 at the time she tested positive.in her doping case.
While the laborious process was playing out, WADA announced in November it was referring the case to CAS because of questions over RUSADA’s handling of it. In a statement, CAS said that WADA was seeking “the athlete be sanctioned with a four-year period of ineligibility starting on the date on which the CAS award enters into force.
That would strip the Russian figure skaters of their team gold from the Beijing Games. The Americans would have their silver medal elevated to gold, Japan would move to silver and the Canadian team would be given bronze. Russian athletes, along with those from Belarus, have been barred from international competition this season because of the nation’s invasion of Ukraine. Valieva and her teammates have been competing only in domestic events.
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