WADA has threatened Russia with a lawsuit over the delay in Kamila Valieva’s investigation

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has warned the Russian laboratory RUSADA that the two sides will meet at the Court of Arbitration for Sport if the investigation against figure skater Kamila Valieva is not resolved as soon as possible. This was announced by the president of the organization Witold Banka.

RUSADA announced last week that it would not make the results of the investigation into the 16-year-old Russian girl’s positive test public to “protect the figure skater’s interests”.

Kamila Valieva tested positive for trimetazidine during the Russian national figure skating championships in December 2021, but the result was not made public until February 8. This came just one day after winning the gold medal in the team event at the Beijing 2022 Olympics.

Kamila Valieva, then 15 years old, was admitted to the women’s individual competition and won fourth place, despite being named the main favorite.

“WADA is concerned with the ongoing delay in Kamila Valieva’s case and has now put RUSADA under formal notice that unless the matter is resolved promptly it will use its right to take it directly to the Court of Arbitration for Sport”, wrote Witold Banka on Twitter.

In her defense, Kamila Valieva stated that she accidentally took a pill for cardiovascular disease from her grandfather.