The World Anti-Doping Agency has appealed Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and said Tuesday it is seeking a four-year ban.
WADA is objecting to a finding by a Russian tribunal that Valieva bore "no fault or negligence" in the case, which overshadowed last year's Beijing Olympics.
WADA wants a four-year ban and for Valieva's results to be disqualified from the date she gave the sample, Dec. 25, 2021. That would include the Olympics.
WADA was "concerned" the Russian panel ruled Valieva should be disqualified from only one day of the 2021 Russian championships, where the sample was taken. "The tribunal found that although the athlete had committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation, she bore 'no fault or negligence' for it.