New episode in the Kamila Valieva affair. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced in a tweet from its president, the Polish Witold Banka, its decision to refer the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). An approach that the former athlete explains by the absence of " progress » in the Russian procedure. “ Despite RUSADA's demand to quickly resolve Kamila Valieva's case, no progress has been made, wrote Witold Banka on his Twitter account. Therefore, I can confirm that WADA has now formally referred the matter directly to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.” Obviously, WADA is starting to get tired of the slowness of the investigation launched by the Russian anti-doping agency after the revelation at the Beijing Winter Games of the young skater's doping case. Above all, she does not accept RUSADA's decision, announced last month, not to communicate the results of its investigation due to the age of Kamila Valieva, who admitted to being less than 16 years old at the time of the events. Contacted by theAFP, the CAS indicated on Tuesday November 8 that it had not yet received a call from WADA informing it of its complaint. As a reminder, Russia and Kamila Valieva won the team figure skating event at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, contested before the revelation of the young girl's doping case. Since then, the IOC has still not formalized the ranking and distributed the medals.
