MOSCOW, February 11 The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) initiated an investigation into personnel of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, in whose sample a prohibited substance was found, the agency’s website says. It is also reported that the delay in checking Valieva’s doping test and reporting were cases of coronavirus infection among staff in the Stockholm laboratory. The International Doping Testing Agency (ITA ) on Friday reported that Valieva’s doping test dated December 25, 2021 tested positive for trimetazidine. The test result was handed over by the anti-doping laboratory in Stockholm on February 8. RUSADA imposed a temporary suspension on Valiyeva, after the athlete's appeal on February 9, it was lifted. For now, she is allowed to continue competing in the Beijing Olympics. The World Anti-Doping Agency, the International Olympic Committee and the International Skating Union intend to appeal the removal of the suspension to CAS.
