Teen figure-skating star Kamila Valiyeva has received a four-year suspension for doping, a move that effectively strips the Russian team of its gold medal in the 2022 Beijing Olympics and hands the title to the U.S. squad. "Kamila Valiyeva is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation and sanctioned with a four-year period of ineligibility commencing on December 25, 2021," the Swiss-based the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on January 29. Valiyeva, now 17, tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine in December 2021, with the results only becoming known after her Olympic victory. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Russian Service, click here.
Russian Teen Skater Valiyeva Suspended Four Years For Doping, Loses 2022 Olympic Team Gold
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