Kamila Valieva: Anti-doping Case and Follow-ups

[mrrice]

I guess since I have a degree in journalism and work for my local ABC news I fail to see how the headline Russian Figure Skater Fails Drug Test is offensive. She is russian, a figure skater, and she failed a drug test in December....none of these things are a lie or is placing any blame on her. It's just the facts, as stated by the IOC. Now if the article is, then that's a different story.

Neither do I. It is in fact, exactly what happened. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mo...-drug-test-confirmed/vi-AATKLYq?ocid=msedgntp

 

[Joe Mendoza]

Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport
OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES BEIJING 2022 (6)
UPDATE ON THE ARBITRATION PROCEDURES BEFORE THE
CAS AD HOC DIVISION RELATING TO FIGURE SKATER KAMILA VALIEVA​

Beijing, 12 February 2022 – The Ad Hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) provides the following update on the arbitration procedures relating to Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva:

A third application (filed by the International Skating Union (ISU)) has now been registered against the decision issued by the RUSADA Disciplinary Anti-Doping Committee on 9 February 2022 (the Challenged Decision) in which the provisional suspension imposed on Kamila Valieva following the detection of the banned substance trimetazidine in a sample provided by her was lifted, allowing her to continue her participation in the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

The case references are:

• CAS OG 22/08 International Olympic Committee (IOC) v. Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA)
• CAS OG 22/09 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) and Kamila Valieva
• CAS OG 22/10 International Skating Union (ISU) v. Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), Kamila Valieva and Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)

The applications were received at the CAS Ad Hoc Division in Beijing at 20:45 and 22:20 on Friday, 11 February 2022, and at 09:15 on Saturday, 12 February 2022 (Beijing time).

The three procedures are handled together and have been referred to the same panel of arbitrators:

President: Mr Fabio Iudica, Italy
Arbitrators:

• Mr Jeffrey Benz, United States of America
• Dr Vesna Bergant Rakočeviċ, Slovenia

The Panel has issued procedural directions to the parties including the holding of a hearing by video- conference on Sunday, 13 February at 8:30pm (Beijing time).

Following the hearing, the Panel will deliberate and prepare the Arbitral Award containing its decision. It is anticipated that the decision will be notified to the parties in the afternoon of Monday, 14 February 2022.

For further information related to the CAS activity and procedures in general, please contact either Mr Matthieu Reeb, CAS Director General, or Ms Katy Hogg, Communications Officer. Château de Béthusy, Avenue de Beaumont 2, 1012 Lausanne, Switzerland. [email protected]; Tel: (41 21) 613 50 00; fax: (41 21) 613 50 01, or consult the CAS website: www.tas-cas.org

 

[Mista Ekko]

Unlikely worst case scenario: A 2 year suspension from competition. That would without question ruin her career for something she is not responsible for.

I think that's jumping to conclusions too fast, Carolina Kostner received a 2 year suspension in age 27
and ended up coming back to compete in the final group at the Olympics and win the World SP at age 31,
I don't know what's gonna happen with the Women division but you might even see a raise in Senior
age to 17, so nothing is "ruined" for a talent like Valieva, but I assume due to her age they will never
suspend her for such a long period anyway, but it's too early to know what might happen to her school.

 

[Mathman]

I never take Brennan's comments seriously. For some reason the us seems to respect her opinion. Why, I will never know. Has she ever put on a pair of skates.

No, the sports that she lettered in were tennis, field hockey, volleyball, basketball, softball and track (the only sports offered at her high school). She is best known for being a pioneer in advocatinmg for women trying to break into the then all-male club of sports jpurnalism, and has many "firsts" in this field and many honors, awards and appointments to positions of responsibilty. Onbviously she is a tough and uncompromising old bird -- she would have to be to take on this challenge as her life's work.

As for skating, she is one of only two prominent national sports writers -- the other is Phil Hersh -- who always treated figure skating as an actual sport. She does not coddle the pretty darlings but writes about figure skaters the same way that she writes about football players. She wrote two very influential books about the sport in the late 1990s -- The Inside Edge and The Edge of Glory. She is a friend of figure skating but can rub people the wrong way because of her bluntness and strong opinions.

 

[starlight97]

As for Brennan, this is how she "interviewed" Diana:

Gleb did well, I wouldn't have been that tatient.

What the hell !?
No idea who that sorry excuse of a woman is but this is disgraceful. They should have walked away and left her standing there mid sentence after the first time Gleb told her they won't comment on this topic.

 

[skated011]

Just when I thought Brennan couldn't go any lower, the harassment on duana Davis was shocking, downright xenophobic, is she a journalist really or is she a paparazzi reporter.

 

[mrrice]

No, the sports that she lettered in were tennis, field hockey, volleyball, basketball, softball and track (the only sports offered at her high school). She is best known for being a pioneer in advocatinmg for women trying to break into the then all-male club of sports jpurnalism, and has many "firsts" in this field and many honors, awards and appointments to positions of responsibilty. Onbviously she is a tough and uncompromising old bird -- she would have to be to take on this challenge as her life's work.

As for skating, she is one of only two prominent national sports writers -- the other is Phil Hersh -- who always treated figure skating as an actual sport. She does not coddle the pretty darlings but writes about figure skaters the same way that she writes about football players. She wrote two very influential books about the sport in the late 1990s -- The Inside Edge and The Edge of Glory. She is a friend of figure skating but can rub people the wrong way because of her bluntness and strong opinions.

 

[Mista Ekko]

As for Brennan, this is how she "interviewed" Diana:

This interview is making me like Gleb more

 

[yume]

As for Brennan, this is how she "interviewed" Diana:

Gleb did well, I wouldn't have been that tatient.

I know that Diana is the daugther of the most hated person of figure skating world but did Brennan had to be on bitchy mode with her?

 

[luvsasha]

As for Brennan, this is how she "interviewed" Diana:

Gleb did well, I wouldn't have been that tatient.

OMG. That is so freaking disrespectful I can't even. If they don't want to comment, then they don't have to. So rude.

Since they're in America, they may truly have no idea what happened.

ETA: Gleb is a rockstar for looking out for Diana like that.

 

[Plisskin]

Neither do I. It is in fact, exactly what happened. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mo...-drug-test-confirmed/vi-AATKLYq?ocid=msedgntp

Still don't. You posted an entirely different video to the article I actually commented on that you posted. Regardless, I watched the full thing and again, they didnt blame her and stated the facts. Based on these two reports, it looks like you just dont like news orgs even mentioning her name or her positive doping test I think we will agree to disagree, and I'll end the conversation here.

 

[silveruskate]

This Brennan has some darkness inside her. To embarrass Diana for her English in front of the media? And you can see the mechanics whirring in her brain trying to turn this into a sexism issue of Gleb.

 

[iceskater10]

Unfortunately, the Olympic Games have turned into the Minotaur Games. Now it is beneficial for the West to question the honesty of Russian athletes (and not only athletes). I believe that Russia should not have performed without an anthem and a flag. I should have slammed the door and not invested in this circus. We do not need such Olympic Games.

 

[Mista Ekko]

I know that Diana is the daugther of the most hated person of figure skating world but did Brennan had to be on bitchy mode with her?

Brennan seems kinda "turned on" at all times, it could feel very tactless, especially in a situation like this,
but I guess it's also a trait that she cultivated because it gets results. I'm assuming she figured out early on
she's not necessarily gonna be liked doing what she does so getting results is what guides her.

 

[yume]

Brennan seems kinda "turned on" at all times, it could feel very tactless, especially in a situation like this,
but I guess it's also a trait that she cultivated because it gets results. I'm assuming she figured out early on
she's not necessarily gonna be liked doing what she does so getting results is what guides her.

Seems like she has things in common with Eteri then.

 

[Alex Fedorov]

As for Brennan, this is how she "interviewed" Diana:


Gleb did well, I wouldn't have been that tatient.

It would be better for her to ask these questions to Zhulin, since he was close. Then she could learn a lot about herself and get precise instructions on which route she urgently needs to go.

 

[mrrice]

Still don't. You posted an entirely different video to the article I actually commented on that you posted. Regardless, I watched the full thing and again, they didnt blame her and stated the facts. Based on these two reports, it looks like you just dont like news orgs even mentioning her name or her positive doping test I think we will agree to disagree, and I'll end the conversation here.

Still don't. You posted an entirely different video to the article I actually commented on that you posted. Regardless, I watched the full thing and again, they didnt blame her and stated the facts. Based on these two reports, it looks like you just dont like news orgs even mentioning her name or her positive doping test I think we will agree to disagree, and I'll end the conversation here.

Plisskin, you're posting like I'm writing these articles myself. I'm Not. Here's ANOTHER one that just across my feed. Like it or not, this story will be on the front pages until the skating event is over. Expect it to come back if she's allowed to skate at Worlds. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/wi...ed-on-sharapova-case/ar-AATM3hw?ocid=msedgntp

 

[Mista Ekko]

Seems like she has things in common with Eteri then.

I can only assume that if they weren't in each others "way"
they'd probably have respect for each others tenacity.

 

[skated011]

Brennan seems kinda "turned on" at all times, it could feel very tactless, especially in a situation like this,
but I guess it's also a trait that she cultivated because it gets results. I'm assuming she figured out early on
she's not necessarily gonna be liked doing what she does so getting results is what guides her.

I can only assume that if they weren't in each others "way"
they'd probably have respect for each other's tenacity.

eteri will say nothing to her. if she asked those questions I'm sure.

 

[Mista Ekko]

eteri will say nothing to her. if she asked those questions I'm sure

I don't know, I kinda feel like Eteri might wanna be interviewed (briefly) by Brennan
just so she could beat her in the interview battle