Olympics-CAS determination will decide whether or not Valieva can compete in ladies’s singles – IOC

By Julien Pretot and Karolos Grohmann

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) ruling on teenage Russian determine skater Kamila Valieva will decide whether or not she will compete within the ladies’s singles on the Beijing Video games, the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) mentioned on Monday.

CAS is ruling on an attraction by the IOC, the World Anti-Doping Company (WADA) and the Worldwide Skating Union (ISU) towards the Russian Anti-Doping Company (RUSADA) lifting Valieva’s provisional ban after she examined optimistic for a banned angina drug final yr.

CAS concluded its listening to on the 15-year-old early on Monday and is predicted to announce its ruling round 2 p.m. native time (0600 GMT), when Valieva has a scheduled follow session.

The ladies’s singles occasion takes place on Tuesday.

“I can’t let you know absolutely the gospel fact however my understanding is that the choice will let you know whether or not she is going to or won’t be competing tomorrow,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams informed a information convention.

“The IOC will observe the Courtroom or Arbitration for Sport’s determination, whether or not we prefer it nor not.

“We’ll observe the choice completely as a result of it’s our job and we’ll observe that call to the letter.”

Valieva’s pattern was collected on Dec. 25 on the Russian nationwide championships however the end result was solely made public on Feb. 8, the day after Valieva led the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to victory within the workforce occasion.

Valieva’s provisional suspension was lifted by RUSADA on Feb. 9.

Russian athletes are competing in Beijing below a impartial flag because of doping sanctions.

The medal ceremony for the workforce occasion has been delayed. America completed the second, with Japan third and Canada in fourth place.

Adams mentioned it was unlikely that the medals can be handed out throughout these Video games.

“All the opposite points must be mentioned additional into the Video games,” he added. “This (the medals) won’t be sorted out by this determination. That may in all probability not be sorted out throughout this Video games.”

(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann and Julien Pretot; Modifying by Peter Rutherford)