MOSCOW, January 31 Banners in support of figure skater Kamila Valieva, disqualified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for four years for violating anti-doping rules, appeared in Moscow.
Photos of the athlete with the caption: “Kamila, you are our golden girl!!!” appeared on the facades of several houses in the capital. The photos were published in Valieva’s fan group on Telegram.
CAS on January 29 disqualified Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules and canceled her results at tournaments from December 25, 2021. The CAS statement said Valieva «failed to prove that she did not dope intentionally.» On January 30, the International Skating Union (ISU) approved the new top three medalists in the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympics. After Valieva’s results were annulled, the Russians dropped from first place to third; gold went to the American team, silver to the Japanese. The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) said it would file an appeal with CAS against the ISU decision.
Valieva passed a positive doping test on December 25, 2021, the day of the free program of the Russian Championship. This became known on February 8, 2022, the day after the end of the team tournament of the 2022 Olympics, in which the Russian team with Valieva won.
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