Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: Russian skater Kamila Valieva disqualified, served with four-year ban

BEIJING, CHINA - FEB. 6 2022: Kamilia Valieva performs her Short Program during the Women Single Skating of the Figure Skating Team Event on Feb. 6th 2022 at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China (Photo by Mickael Chavet / RX)

Kamila Valieva (ROC) is found to have committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) under Clause 4.1 of the All-Russian Anti-Doping Rules of 24 June 2021 (the Russian ADR) and the CAS imposed a period of four (4) years of ineligibility December 25, 2021

As a result and according to art. 10.10 ISU Anti-Doping Rules and 12.10 of the RUS Anti-Doping Rules, Ms. Valieva will be disqualified from all competitions which took place during the period of ineligibility, this includes the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2022. She will also be disqualified from the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Women’s single competition and all her individual results and points in the Short Program and the Free Skating competitions will be dismissed leading to a re-ranking of the Team event results as follows

Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Team event results:

  • 1st United States of America

  • 2nd Japan

  • 3rd ROC

Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Women’s single event results:

Kamila Valieva (ROC) will be disqualified from her fourth place ranking

ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2022, Women’s results:

Kamila Valieva (RUS) will be disqualified from her first place ranking

  • 1st Anna Shcherbakova (RUS)

  • 2nd Alexandra Trusova (RUS)

  • 3rd Loena Hendrickx (BEL)

    The ISU welcomes the decision of CAS and firmly maintains its position that the protection of clean athletes and the fight against doping are of the highest priority and will persist in the ongoing effort to uphold the integrity of fair competition and the well-being of athletes.

    The ISU is in close contact with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the relevant ISU Member Federations in regard to the implementation of this decision