Figure skating · Russia · RUSADA (Disciplinary Anti-Doping Committee), appeals by RUSADA, ISU and WADA

Kamila Valieva: doping case, ban and appeal

Ban ended CAS imposed a four year ban starting on 25 December 2021 but did not state an end date. The end date is calculated from the published start and length as 24 December 2025, and AP reported in January 2026 that her ban expired in December.^1,2

Violation

Presence of a prohibited substance: trimetazidine (TMZ), in a sample collected on 25 December 2021 at the Russian National Championships in St Petersburg^1,2

Results disqualified

All competitive results from 25 December 2021, with forfeiture of titles, awards, medals, prizes and appearance money. CAS said the effect on past events, including Beijing 2022, was for the sports organisations to examine.

Appeals

• CAS, 29 January 2024: Upheld (appeals against the RUSADA decision)CAS set aside RUSADA Disciplinary Anti-Doping Committee decision No. 9/2023 of 24 January 2023. It found she had committed a violation, which she did not contest, and that she could not prove she acted without intent. It imposed four years from 25 December 2021 with credit for any provisional suspension.¹

Sources

1. Court of Arbitration for Sport, Kamila Valieva is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation and sanctioned with a four year period of ineligibility, CAS media release 9451, 9455, 9456 (29 January 2024)
2. Associated Press (via Fox Sports), Russian figure skater Valieva competes 4 years on from doping case during Olympics (31 January 2026)