MOSCOW, Feb 18 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) believes that the decision The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to allow Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to compete in individual competition at the Beijing Olympics is a violation of the World Anti-Doping Code. Valieva's doping test, taken at the end of December, gave a positive result. On February 7, Russian skaters won the team tournament at the Beijing Olympics, the next day the result of a doping test was received, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency imposed a temporary suspension on Valieva, which was removed after the skater's appeal on February 9. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), WADA and the International Skating Union (ISU) filed a protest with CAS, which was rejected.» lifting the mandatory provisional suspension,» WADA said in a release.
