GENEVA—Russia’s national anti-doping agency (RUSADA) said on Friday it hoped for a fair ruling in the doping case of figure skater Kamila Valieva, which is being heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland.
Kamila tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, which prevents angina, at the Russian national championships in December 2021 as a 15-year-old.
Her team has said the positive test could have been due to a mix-up with her grandfather’s heart medication.
The Lausanne-based CAS, sport’s highest court, began hearing the case in September but adjourned proceedings after a panel of arbitrators asked for further documentation.
A CAS statement on Friday said that the hearing had concluded, with a final verdict to be delivered in late January.
“The parties have been informed that the panel in charge of the matter will now deliberate and prepare the arbitral award containing its decision, which is expected to be notified by the end of January 2024,” the statement said.
RUSADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Skating Union (ISU) are challenging a decision made by RUSADA’s own disciplinary commission that found Kamila had committed a violation for which she bore “no fault or negligence.”
