American judges are also good, the nationality of judges does not play a role in such matters as the consideration of the doping case of Kamila Valieva. This was announced to RBC Sport by Tatyana Tarasova, Honored Coach of the USSR in figure skating.
“I don't know these people. Americans are also good, it's not nationality that plays a role. These people must understand that they decide the life of the child. It is people who should understand all this, ”said Tarasova.
The ISU leadership appreciated the American arbitrator in the Valieva case. The 2022 Olympics 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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