MOSCOW, February 14 If Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva gets on the Olympic podium in Beijing in women's singles, the awards ceremony and the flower ceremony during the Games will not take place, according to a statement on the official website of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The short program in the women's individual competitions at the Beijing Olympics will take place on February 15. The IOC also stated that during the Beijing Games there will be no awards ceremony for the winners and prize-winners of the figure skating team tournament, which was won by the Russian team. there will be no flower ceremony, no awards ceremony,» the text of the press release says. Earlier, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) allowed the Russian woman to compete in singles. The release specifically stated that questions about the «commander» had not yet been considered. On February 11, the International Doping Testing Agency (ITA) reported that Valieva's doping test of December 25, 2021 had tested positive for trimetazidine, but the Stockholm anti-doping laboratory had only transmitted data February 8 — the day after the triumph of the Russians. The Russian Anti-Doping Agency imposed a temporary suspension on Valiyeva, but on February 9 it was removed. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Skating Union (ISU) attempted to challenge this at CAS.
