Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old figure skater embroiled in a Beijing2022 Winter Games doping scandal, defended her positive drug test by saying it was caused by a mix-up with her grandfather's heart medication, an Olympic official said
Kamila Valieva made the argument at a hearing with the Court of Arbitration for Sport into whether she should be allowed to continue competing in Beijing, Denis Oswald, Permanent Chair of the International Olympic Committee's Disciplinary Commission said.
Earlier, the IOC said in a press conference that Valieva's "B" sample was yet to be analysed despite the initial positive result. Valieva was tested at her national championships on Dec. 25, but the positive test for a banned angina drug was not revealed until Feb. 8, after she had already competed at the Beijing Games.
If Valieva finishes in the top three of the women's single event, the medal ceremony will not be held during the Winter Games. The Feb. 7 medal ceremony for the women's team event, in which the USA, Japan and Canada finished behind the Russian Olympic Committee, also cannot go ahead."We want to allocate the medal to the right person," he told a press conference.
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