BEIJING (Reuters) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has concluded its hearing on Russian determine skater Kamila Valieva after she examined optimistic for a banned drug however a ultimate decision on {the teenager} can be introduced later on Monday.
The 15-year-old prodigy, who turned the primary lady to land a quadruple leap on the Olympics en path to profitable gold with the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) within the staff competitors, examined optimistic for a banned coronary heart drug on Dec. 25 nevertheless it took greater than six weeks for the consequence to be made public.
Her future on the Beijing Games and the staff gold gained by the ROC now hangs within the steadiness amid a world outcry over Moscow’s doping historical past.
Valieva is because of compete once more on Tuesday within the girls’s particular person occasion, forcing CAS to rule on her continued participation earlier than then, with the hearing ending within the early hours of Monday.
“The hearing was concluded, it was a protracted hearing. Now the panel will deliberate till tomorrow morning, the top of the morning,” CAS Secretary General Matthieu Reeb instructed reporters.
“We hope to have the ability to announce a ultimate decision tomorrow at round one, two or three pm tomorrow afternoon and there needs to be an announcement which needs to be both by press launch on the web site or a public announcement additionally tomorrow.
“We have to organise that and we nonetheless have some work to do… I can not remark on something on the hearing however I hope to provide you a decision … in just a few hours.”
When requested if Valieva gave proof, Reeb mentioned he couldn’t reply the query.
An automated provisional suspension, imposed after any optimistic check, was lifted by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency on Wednesday.
But the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) filed appeals to CAS to reinstate it.
Initially it was thought the case could be heard by CAS’s six-member doping unit, however the courtroom later mentioned its authorized disputes unit could be dealing with it.
WADA additionally mentioned on Sunday that it might ask its unbiased Intelligence and Investigations Department to research the coaches, docs and different adults surrounding the athlete.
(Reporting by Angie Teo and Iain Axon, Writing by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; modifying by Pritha Sarkar)
