The arbitrator called on qualified professionals, including an American judge. This was announced to RBC Sport by Vice President of the International Skating Union (ISU) Alexander Lakernik.
“The Court of Arbitration for Sport has allocated an experienced team of judges to consider the case, all of them are qualified professionals. I think that they will make a balanced and right decision,” Lakernik said.
Matytsin, after talking with Valieva, said about the "optimism in her voice" Olympics 2022 Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) court panel will consider the case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva on Sunday, February 13. The start time of the hearings is at 20:30 Beijing time (15:30 Moscow time), according to the CAS website.
The referees are Fabio Judica (Italy), Jeffrey Benz (USA) and Vesna Bergant Rakocevich (Slovenia).
CAS will consider appeals from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Skating Union (ISU) against the decision of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to lift Valiyeva's provisional suspension after a positive doping test.
Benz was one of three arbitrators in an appeal against the decision to remove Russian athletes from the 2016 Olympics. In Rio de Janeiro, then, due to the suspension of the All-Russian Federation of Athletics (VFLA), after doping scandals, only one Russian athlete, Daria Klishina, was able to perform then.
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