MOSCOW, February 18 anti-doping agency (RUSADA) for the fact that there was a delay between taking a sample of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva and reporting the results, according to a WADA release. On December 25, 2021, she tested positive for trimetazidine. The test result was handed over by the anti-doping laboratory in Stockholm on February 8. The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) imposed a temporary suspension on Valiyeva, after the athlete's appeal on February 9, it was lifted. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Skating Union (ISU) filed a protest with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which heard the case on Sunday evening and allowed the skater to participate in the individual Olympic tournament in Beijing. «The anti-doping organization that initiated test, in this case RUSADA, is responsible for effective communication with the laboratory to ensure timely analysis of doping samples, especially in the run-up to a major tournament. COVID-19 among its employees,» WADA said in a statement.
