Yep. Unfortunately, I think many skaters will feel like they have to give a "no comment" when asked about it out of fear that a Russian judge or technical specialist will penalize them.
I think Johnny is, for sure. He said as much while on the air with Mike Tirico - that it forces you to reevaluate everything you've thought up until that point. I really think that both Johnny and Tara spoke very well on the subject tonight.
I can open it.
Who knows if the mediators were threatened. Inside the Games journalists had their lives threatened for just reporting on the scandal.
But didn't the delay in notifying KV allow her to be an Olympic participant in the first place?
globalathlete.org
WADA wrote the code and intentionally wrote it in a way to not allow exemptions or exceptions for minors when they are provisionally suspended, but CAS went ahead and pretended WADA left a loophole in its code. When something is usually silent in a code of laws, then the plain meaning usually applies and if they made no exceptions for protected persons, that’s what they meant to do. CAS pretended otherwise. What a joke.WADA statement following CAS decision not to reinstate skater’s provisional suspension
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) acknowledges the ruling announced today by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to confirm the lifting of the provisional suspension of Russian Olympic Committee figure skater Kamila Valieva.www.wada-ama.org
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) acknowledges the ruling announced today by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to confirm the lifting of the provisional suspension of Russian Olympic Committee figure skater Kamila Valieva.
WADA’s appeal to CAS in this case, which was filed alongside appeals by the International Olympic Committee and the International Skating Union, was based on WADA’s position that the decision by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) Disciplinary Committee to lift the mandatory provisional suspension on the athlete was not in line with the terms of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code). WADA is therefore disappointed by today’s ruling of the CAS Ad Hoc Division. While WADA has not received the reasoned award, it appears that the CAS panel decided not to apply the terms of the Code, which does not allow for specific exceptions to be made in relation to mandatory provisional suspensions for 'protected persons', including minors.
Concerning the analysis of the athlete's sample, WADA always expects Anti-Doping Organizations to liaise with the laboratories in order to ensure they expedite the analysis of samples so that the results are received prior to athletes traveling to or competing in a major event, such as the Olympic or Paralympic Games and, where applicable, conduct results management of the cases related to such athletes.
According to information received by WADA, the sample in this case was not flagged by RUSADA as being a priority sample when it was received by the anti-doping laboratory in Stockholm, Sweden. This meant the laboratory did not know to fast-track the analysis of this sample.
As previously announced, under the terms of the Code, when a minor is involved in an anti-doping case, there is a requirement to investigate that athlete’s support personnel. RUSADA has already indicated it has begun that process. In addition, WADA’s independent Intelligence and Investigations Department will look into it.
I'm
for Teams USA & JPN... as well as if any other woman besides ROC happens to medal in Beijing.Full IOC statement:
I wholeheartedly approve of all of these things, but particularly #3.
I figured. Sucks for the other teams though.
Wow, really sucks for the other two medalists. I'm sorry, I don't care that she had one rough runthrough a few days ago, but there is no way she isn't medaling (or winning, most likely). At least the teams got the mascots and a victory lap.
That's fair. I hope the ISU agrees.
I don't think so. That narrows down the possibilities far too much, especially given that Russian identifies talent and the right body type young.That it took me 3 entire Olympic cycles to figure out that the "master plan" all this time, was that the athlete designed to be "front and centre" always had to be born between March 1 and June 30 of "(Olympic Year) minus 16".
i know it's not great for the other teams on the TE medals, but generally i agree with all of this. Valieva and her team need to know that the CAS decision is not (i hope) the end of the process. I'm actually generally appalled at the decision made to be honest. I mean, no one else had the benefit of 'it's unfair, bad timing, whatever'. As another poster mentioned somewhere, if they'd gotten this earlier, she likely wouldn't have been at the Olympics at all. This is a terrible decision for figure skating and the Olympics.
