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This is a video from Valieva finishing. It cuts off briefly, but has most of what we saw from Trusova...

The maximum ban, given her age, is two years.

It seems to me that there is an easy way for her to avoid the obligation to attend the press conference - don’t skate. She and her team have pushed for her to be able to compete at the Olympics. Doing so means she accepts the rules for medalists. Let me add. “Protected person” is a concept in...

But CAS did rewrite the WADA Code. Where a "protected person" is treated differently from other athletes, the WADA Code is very specific. First, a "protected person" is subject to different final penalty provisions -- ranging from reprimand to two-year ban (other athletes face four-year bans)...

I'm curious about people's thoughts on the supplements that are not banned by WADA. If hypoxene is like CoQ10, which is taken by many adults, and good for adult hearts, does that mean that it should be okay for them to be be taken by young, healthy athletes? CoQ10 is naturally found in the...

Sure, mistakes can’t be made, but samples are kept for up to 10 years for testing well after events using new screening techniques. That is why some 2012 medalists were stripped of medals in 2019. In the other thread, I believe someone posted about cases where the delayed testing argument was...

Different rules on provisional suspensions might be one reason for Raducan competing. But the current rules also have a provision that would probably let Raducan compete: If Raducan only tested positive the day of the event, there would have been no time for a hearing. Valieva’s situation is...

We’re the rules on provisional suspensions the same when Raducan tested positive? Also, the current rules allow for lifting a provisional suspension if it is impossible to have a hearing on the provisional suspension before the event. That would be the equivalent of the hearing Valieva had on...

The burrito excuse actually was more credible and had some scientific basis. She still lost at CAS. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/olympic-runner-says-tainted-burrito-led-positive-test-banned-substance-n1270905

Actually, though it's ridiculous, it's not irrelevant. Under WADA rules, when an athlete tests positive, the only way to get a lesser suspension or no suspension at all is to prove the athlete has no significant fault. That requires the athlete not only to prove he or she took the substance...

This is the best they could come up with? https://english.pravda.ru/amp/sports/150323-kamila_valieva/

I don't get the irreparable harm argument. If an athlete tests positive at the Olympics, they are suspended. They don't get a stay of the suspension until they can raise a defense. CAS created an exception to that rule that doesn't exist for other athletes. The track athlete in this article...

I understand part of CAS's reasoning -- the delay in notifying her makes it difficult for her to marshal the resources to respond to the provisional suspension. But I have to wonder why that really is grounds for allowing her to compete. What would she need that she can't have obtained in the...

The only issue before CAS is whether Valieva can compete in the ladies event. The focus is on Valieva because she was the one who failed the drug test. Questions about her team and other skaters is for further investigation.

Meldonium, the medication she mentioned, is a treatment for angina. That is the same thing trimetazidine does. Even if it wasn’t banned, why was Eteri giving young women without heart problems angina medication. Even if it seems safe for use, who could possibly know the long-term risk of use...