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Kamila Valieva Eligible to Compete as Four-Year Ban Expires

She resumes structured training at Tatiana Navka’s academy under coach Svetlana Sokolovskaya with inclusion in the ISU testing pool for 2025–26.

Overview

  • CAS in January 2024 imposed a four-year sanction backdated to December 25, 2021 for a trimetazidine finding, annulling all results from that date.
  • Her team began assembling new competitive programs in December after she maintained form through frequent ice shows during the suspension.
  • She marked the end of the ban with Telegram photos featuring flowers and balloons, offering no substantive statement on competition plans.
  • Prominent voices such as Tatiana Navka, Tatyana Tarasova, and U.S. ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates expressed support or well-wishes.
  • Russian media reported that CAS removed the written reasoning of its ruling from its website, drawing renewed attention to transparency questions.