Overview
- Valieva is now permitted to enter official competitions and has been returned to the ISU testing pool for the 2025–26 season, though she has not announced whether she will compete.
- Her team began assembling competitive programs in December as she trains under coach Svetlana Sokolovskaya at Tatyana Navka’s school.
- She maintained conditioning by performing regularly in ice shows during her suspension.
- CAS imposed the four-year sanction in January 2024 after trimetazidine was found in a sample taken at Russia’s pre‑Olympic nationals in Saint Petersburg.
- Russian and international figures, including Tatyana Navka, federation president Anton Sikharulidze, and U.S. Olympians Madison Chock and Evan Bates, voiced support as observers note a deeper women’s field awaits after four seasons of progress.