Olympics-Court of Arbitration for Sport ignored anti-doping code in Valieva ruling, says WADA
By Steve Keating and Julien Pretot
Kamila Valieva Sport News
Court of Arbitration for Sport ignored anti-doping code in Valieva ruling, says WADA
BEIJING : The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Friday accused the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) of ignoring the world anti-doping code when it upheld the Russian anti-doping authorities' decision to lift the provisional suspension of Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva at the Beijing Olympics.
Court cites lab delay in ruling allowing Valieva to skate
BEIJING (AP) — The judges who let Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva continue to compete at the Beijing Olympics blamed anti-doping officials in a legal document published Friday for a “failure to function effectively.”
Russian figure skater Alexandra Trusova blows up after claiming silver in Winter Olympics women’s event
As the world watched 15-year-old Kamila Valieva fall apart while finishing out of the medals in the Winter Olympics women’s figure skating, another Russian took the spotlight for her off-the-ice behaviour.
IOC president Thomas Bach disturbed by Kamila Valieva's meltdown, hits out at entourage
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said it had been "chilling" to witness Russian teenage skater Kamila Valieva crumble under pressure at the Beijing Olympics in the wake of a doping scandal, hitting out at the 15-year-old's entourage on Friday. Valieva, who had been leading the women's figure skating event after the short programme, cracked in her free skate on Thursday night, and stumbled down to fourth place as her compatriot Anna Shcherbakova skated to gold.
OLD Thomas Bach hits out at ‘chilling’ attitude of Kamila Valieva’s coaches
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has launched a scathing attack on the team behind Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old figure skater at the centre of a drugs probe who wilted under the global glare of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Thursday night.
JUEGOS DE INVIERNO El COI critica la "escalofriante atmósfera" del entorno Valieva
El 'caso Valieva' sigue coleando. y que el presidente del COI, Thomas Bach, ha sido muy explícito en su conferencia de prensa final de los Juegos: «Estoy muy perturbado por lo que vi ayer en la televisión. La presión tan alta que había sobre Valieva va más allá de mi imaginación. En especial porque es una niña de 15 años. Verla luchando en el hielo, ver cómo intentaba recuperar la compostura y terminar su programa. Se podía ver en el lenguaje corporal, estaba sometida a un estrés mental inmenso. Tal vez hubiera preferido dejar el hielo y dejar atrás la historia».