Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, whose positive test for a banned substance sparked a high-profile scandal at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, has been banned for four years from December 25, 2021, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced on Monday. ), reports AFP.

Now 17-year-old Kamila Valieva, who the Russian anti-doping agency initially decided not to sanction on the grounds that she “did not commit any mistake or negligence”, is retroactively disqualified for that entire period, CAS added.

Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine during a test 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 Beijing Olympics.

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

In 2022, Valieva was 15 years old and, given her age, was required to enjoy full 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 Winter Games in Beijing, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided not to hand out medals in team figure skating competitions until Valieva’s case is resolved, reports Agerpres.