​The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will announce its decision in the doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva (which rocked the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics) by the end of January 2024, the court in Lausanne announced on Friday, cit. from AFP.

TAS will announce the verdict in the case of Kamila Valieva by the end of January

Kamila Valieva tested positive for trimetazidine, a banned substance, during a test carried out in December 2021 during the Russian national championships, but the result was not made public until February 8, a day after the teenager helped the Russian team win gold at the Russian championships. Olympics in Beijing.

In her defense, Valieva said the positive test was the result of accidental contamination, given that her grandfather, who took her to practice every day, was taking trimetazidine, a substance found in low concentrations in the figure skater’s samples, at the time. .

The CAS jury, which heard final submissions throughout the day on Friday, will “continue deliberations” and announce its decision to stakeholders “by the end of January 2024,” according to the statement.

The hearing resumed in camera on November 9 because the judges felt they needed more information after the first round of hearings in September.

In 2022, Kamila Valieva was 15 years old and, given her age, was required to enjoy complete confidentiality under World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules. But the fact that the positive result was discovered during the Olympic Games and after his victory in the team competition, in which he succeeded in the first quadruple jump in the history of the Olympic Games, gave this case a special dimension.

During the Games in Beijing, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided not to award medals for team figure skating competitions until Valieva’s case is resolved, writes Agerpres.