CAS clears teen figure skater Kamila Valieva to compete at Winter Olympics

File photo dated 13-02-2022 of ROC's Kamila Valieva who can continue to compete at the Winter Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport determined that no provisional suspension should be imposed. Issue date: Monday February 14, 2022.
File photo dated 13-02-2022 of ROC's Kamila Valieva who can continue to compete at the Winter Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport determined that no provisional suspension should be imposed. Issue date: Monday February 14, 2022.
Andrew Milligan
Ben Chapman

By Ben Chapman


Published: 14/02/2022

- 06:37

The CAS cited “exceptional circumstances” for its decision, after the 15-year-old submitted a positive sample for banned heart medication trimetazidine on Christmas Day.

Kamila Valieva has been cleared to continue to compete at the Winter Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) determined that no provisional suspension should be imposed.

The CAS cited “exceptional circumstances” for its decision, after the 15-year-old submitted a positive sample for banned heart medication trimetazidine on Christmas Day.

It included Valieva’s status as a “protected person” under the World Anti-Doping Code, “serious issues” in the process of notifying Valieva of her result, and the fact a suspension could cause her “irreparable harm”.

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