WADA states expectations for Valieva investigation

Russian anti-doping officers are resulting from launch their conclusions within the coming weeks

The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has reiterated the group’s expectations for “accelerated” progress with the investigation into Russian Olympic determine skater Kamila Valieva. Russian officers introduced final week that they’d concluded their probe into Valieva’s case, with a listening to set for the top of September or early October.

“We know the date when the hearing is so we have to wait until the decision and then WADA will decide what to do,” WADA president Witold Banka mentioned at a Global Education Conference in Sydney on Tuesday, as quoted by Reuters.

“We are monitoring this issue very closely and last month I expressed my will that they have to accelerate the process. Now that we know the hearing could be very soon. Let’s see.”

Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director common Veronika Loginova confirmed final week that the investigation into Valieva and her staff had been concluded, and that “there will be a procedure for processing the results in accordance with international standards and requirements.” 

The subsequent stage of the case can be a listening to at RUSADA’s anti-doping disciplinary committee (DAK).

Valieva, 16, emerged as the most important story of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics after it was reported that she had examined constructive for the banned coronary heart drug trimetazidine based mostly on a pattern taken six weeks earlier than the Games started.

By the time the constructive check consequence appeared, Valieva had already competed within the staff occasion in Beijing, serving to the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to gold.

Valieva was then cleared to function within the ladies’s particular person occasion after an emergency listening to by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Despite being the sturdy gold medal favourite, {the teenager} completed a disappointing fourth because the ordeal took its toll, whereas compatriots Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova received gold and silver respectively.

RUSADA has since been tasked with investigating the circumstances of Valieva’s constructive check – which the skater’s staff have steered might have come through contamination from treatment her grandfather was taking.