Kamila Valieva Receives Four-Year Doping Ban, Russian Olympic Team Disqualified

The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the ban after rejecting Valieva's claim that a contaminated dessert led to her positive doping test.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Kamila Valieva's defense that a strawberry dessert contaminated with her grandfather's heart medication led to her positive doping test.
Valieva, a teenage figure skating star, was banned for four years, disqualifying her Olympic results and affecting the Russian team's standings.
The Russian Olympic Committee criticized the decision and plans to challenge it, while the Kremlin called Valieva's disqualification 'politically motivated.'
Valieva's case, which overshadowed the 2022 Winter Olympics, raised questions about the delay in reporting her positive test and the integrity of sports governance.
The International Skating Union re-ordered the Beijing Olympic results, promoting Team USA to gold and demoting Russia, amid controversy over the decision process.