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Michael Pavitt: Valieva is a teenager at centre of scandal but focus should really be elsewhere

  • Inside the Blogs

The best way to view the current situation is that there are two cases.

begin next Tuesday (February 15).The case will centre on the reasoned decision reached by Russian Anti-Doping

The World Anti-Doping Agency is also part of the case, with the watchdog appealing on the grounds that

" to "keep the honestly won Olympic gold medal" in the team event.Under the rules of the World Anti-Doping

cases when speaking at the Fifth World Conference on Doping in Sport in Katowice, back in 2019."

in a robust and deterrent way, and by close cooperation between all anti-doping stakeholders, we can


ROC taking "comprehensive measures" to keep Olympic gold amid Valieva case

  • Beijing 2022

The Russian Olympic Committee claimed it is taking "comprehensive measures" to "keep the honestly won Olympic gold medal" in the Beijing 2022 team figure skating competition, amid the controversy surrounding 15-year-old Kamila Valieva’s positive drugs test.

Championships in Saint Petersburg on December 25.An adverse analytical finding was confirmed by a World Anti-Doping

the medal ceremony.Valieva challenged a provisional suspension, which the RUSADA Disciplinary Anti-Doping

the fate of the team figure skating gold will rest on a RUSADA investigation into the possible anti-doping

Nikita Katsalapov in the ice dance.The ROC added in the statement that Valieva has "repeatedly passed doping

sport.Russian athletes are competing under the ROC banner as part of sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping


ITA appeals to CAS after Russia lifts doping suspension given to Valieva on day due to be awarded Olympic

  • Beijing 2022

has confirmed an appeal is ongoing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after the Russian Anti-Doping

during the 2022 Russian Figure Skating Championships in Saint Petersburg on December 25.A World Anti-Doping

the medal ceremony.Valieva challenged a provisional suspension, which the RUSADA Disciplinary Anti-Doping

Code, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the International Skating Union (ISU), RUSADA and the IOC

“Following the delegation of the IOC’s anti-doping program in relation to the Olympic Games to the ITA

“The proceedings on the merits of the apparent anti-doping rule violation, including the athlete’s right


Russian ski chief shuns Norwegian media at Beijing 2022 over Bolshunov coverage

  • Beijing 2022

Norwegian media have been barred by the Russian Ski Association (RSA) over an article that questioned the presence of cross-country skier Alexander Bolshunov and other athletes representing the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) at the Winter Olympics here.

Monday (February 7), and other ROC athletes should not be at the Games.He cited Russia’s state-sponsored doping

.Russian athletes are competing under the ROC banner as part of sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping

Beijing ©Getty ImagesNorway’s Therese Johaug, who missed Pyeongchang 2018 after testing positive for doping

on the cowardly system that failed to bring about the necessary resolution of the insane systematic doping

We have clean sportsmen, clean athletes who are at the Olympics who do doping tests almost every day.


Iranian Alpine skier suspended after positive drug test at Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has confirmed Iranian Alpine skier Hossein Saveh Shemshaki has been provisionally suspended following a positive drug test at the 2022 Winter Olympics here.

management authority of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during an out-of-competition anti-doping

and has been provisionally suspended until the resolution of the matter in line with the World Anti-Doping

Code and the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022."

has the right to challenge the provisional suspension at the Court of Arbitration for Sport – Anti-Doping


Exclusive: Teenage sensation Valieva is skater at centre of legal problem causing medal ceremony delay at Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

A legal issue involving an anti-doping test taken by Russia’s 15-year-old sensation Kamila Valieva is

flow to the heart.The situation is complicated even further because, under the rules of the World Anti-Doping

Code, Valieva is a "Protected Person".That means as "an athlete who at the time of the anti-doping rule

not reached the age of sixteen" Valieva cannot officially be identified if she is guilty of an anti-doping

from competing under its own name and flag at these Olympics as punishment for its state-sponsored doping



Dukurs eyes elusive Olympic men's skeleton title at Beijing 2022

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Latvia's Martins Dukurs will seek his maiden Olympic gold medal when men's skeleton competition begins tomorrow at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track.

looked set to be upgraded to Sochi 2014 gold when Alexander Tretiakov was implicated in the Russian doping




ANOC technical director visits Indonesia to view potential World Beach Games locations

  • ANOC World Beach Games

The Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI) has welcomed an Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) delegation to the country as it seeks to become locked in as the 2023 ANOC World Beach Games host.

ANOC General Assembly last year, but could not be awarded the World Beach Games as its National Anti-Doping

Organisation (NADO) had recently been declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).


Russian to lose 2012 European Championships 400m hurdles gold medal for doping

  • Athletics

medals she won in the 400 metres at the 2012 and 2014 European Championships after she was charged with doping

Russia’s official state news agency TASS reported that the World Anti-Doping Agency had provided the

Championships in Helsinki are set to be re-allocated after Irina Davydova's results were annulled because of doping

banned from competing under their own flag since November 2015 due to allegations of state-sponsored doping


Jamaican fails in CAS appeal to secure two-woman bobsleigh spot at Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

Jamaica’s Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian has failed in a bid to be included in the two-woman bobsleigh event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, after seeing an appeal turned down by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) here.

Pyeongchang 2018.Fenlator-Victorian avoided disqualification from Pyeongchang 2018 following a positive doping


WADA looking to recruit Athletes’ Anti-Doping Ombudsman

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is on the lookout for an Athletes’ Anti-Doping Ombudsman.

interest.The WADA Executive Committee had endorsed a one-year pilot project proposal for an Athletes’ Anti-Doping

more athlete-centred and has the potential to be very impactful in helping athletes navigate the anti-doping

right person with the necessary professional experience and competence to bring the Athletes’ Anti-Doping

rules under the World Anti-Doping Code.Sandford also believes that the ombudsman service will provide

the athletes and the broader anti-doping community with all necessary services."


Ashcroft to lead Scotland media team at Birmingham 2022

  • Birmingham 2022

Scotland has appointed Sophie Ashcroft as its head of media for this year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, it has been announced.

up by English football club Sunderland.Ashcroft has also held senior communications roles at UK Anti-Doping