The results of Russian figure skaters in the team tournament at the Olympics cannot be automatically reviewed due to a positive doping test by Kamila Valieva, according to a statement on the website of the Russian Olympic Committee.

“Given that the positive doping test of the athlete was not taken during the Olympic Games, the results of the athlete and the results of the team tournament during the Olympic Games are not subject to automatic review. The Russian Olympic Committee is taking comprehensive measures to protect the rights and interests of the members of the ROC Team, and to preserve the honestly won Olympic gold medal, ”the statement says.

The ROC noted that the doping test of the athlete, taken after the European Figure Skating Championships in January 2022, as well as the doping test taken during the Olympic Games, gave a negative result.

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“The ROC also assumes that a full-fledged investigation will be carried out, as a result of which all relevant legal and factual circumstances of the incident will be established,” the statement says.

Russian figure skaters won the team competition at the Beijing Games on February 7, but the award ceremony was first postponed for a day, and then for an indefinite period. Inside the Games wrote that the reason was a positive doping test of 15-year-old Valieva.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) reported that on December 25, 2021, Valieva passed a positive test for trimetazidine at the Russian Championship in St. Petersburg. On February 8, RUSADA automatically imposed a temporary suspension on Valiyeva, but the next day it canceled this decision, which allowed the athlete to continue performing at the Beijing Olympics.

The IOC and ISU announced their intention to challenge RUSADA's decision to allow Valieva to the Olympics in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The decision on the participation of the figure skater in the Olympics will be made by the CAS field session until February 15. The decision on the fate of the gold medal won on February 7 by Russian skaters, including Valieva, in the team competition will be made after the decision of CAS.

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