Valieva doping scandal: WADA expects CAS ruling to ‘take some time’
The HinduThe World Anti-Doping Agency said on Friday it will push sport’s highest court CAS to make a quick decision on Russian Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case but expects it will “take some time” to reach a conclusion. WADA, through a tool in the world anti-doping code, has since referred Valieva’s case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after it made no progress with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency and is not hopeful for a speedy resolution. “Like any case at CAS they can be fast or slow depending on how this is being played by the parties, but as far as we’re concerned we’ll push for a resolution as quickly as possible but it will take some time for sure.” Last month RUSADA said it would not release the results of the investigation into Valieva’s positive test “in order to protect the interests” of the 16-year-old skater. So that’s where we are.” The Valieva case cast a shadow on the Russians’ participation in Beijing as they already faced increased scrutiny over separate doping sanctions that saw them compete without their flag and national anthem.