Skater Kamila Valieva to make return in Russian-only event

Reports in Russia this week have intimated that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency intends to use all of its allotted six-month time-frame from the date of the notification of Valieva’s alleged offence to reach a decision over a prospective sanction – meaning the ruling will be delayed until August at the earliest.

An asterisk remains attached to the result of the Olympic team competition, which was won by a Russian team including Valieva, and for which the medals are yet to be awarded, despite a failed appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport by the current silver medallists, the US. Valieva had been cleared to continue to compete in Beijing despite confirmation of a positive test for a banned heart medication after Cas upheld Rusada’s decision to lift her automatic suspension, effectively on the grounds of welfare concerns due to her age.

Valieva, whose team have blamed accidental contamination from her grandfather’s heart medication, fell multiple times during her free skate, surrendering the first place she held after a near-flawless short programme, and eventually finishing fourth. On a night of extraordinary drama at the Capital Indoor Stadium, Valieva was seemingly pilloried by her controversial coach Eteri Tutberidze upon leaving the ice, prompting criticism from

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