The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has performed an about-turn in the case of Kamila Valieva and asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to sanction the figure skater and set aside a ruling from RUSADA’s own disciplinary tribunal.
Sport’s highest court said on Friday that RUSADA had lodged an appeal seeking a ruling that would sanction Valieva after the disciplinary tribunal of Russia’s anti-doping body had found the teenager not guilty of any doping infraction.
CAS also confirmed appeals from the International Skating Union (ISU) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which were announced by the bodies earlier this week, against the decision that found the athlete bore “no fault or negligence.”…