MOSCOW, Oct 27 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has notified the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) that it will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) if the results of the investigation into the doping case of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will not be transferred to the organization in the shortest possible time, said the head of WADA Vitold Banka. Earlier, RUSADA stated that it did not intend to publish the date of the hearing, the decision or other details on the case of Valieva. It is known that the investigation has ended, the case should be considered by the Disciplinary Anti-Doping Committee (DAK). Valieva, who was 15 years old at the time of her positive doping test, is a protected person according to WADA rules. The WADA press service said that it would call on RUSADA to make public the relevant amount of information on the figure skater's case.» WADA is concerned about the ongoing delay in the case of Kamila Valieva and has now officially notified RUSADA that if the issue is not resolved as soon as possible, the agency will exercise its right transfer it directly to the Court of Arbitration for Sport,» Banka wrote on his Twitter page. At the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, Valieva, as part of the national team, became the winner of the team tournament. Immediately after that, it became known that the doping test of the figure skater on December 25, 2021 gave a positive result for trimetazidine. CAS allowed Valieva to participate in the individual tournament of the Games, where she took fourth place. The IOC has postponed the awards ceremony for the winners of the team tournament until the end of the investigation into Valieva's case.
