Doping hearing to decide Russian skater’s Olympic fate | Rush Hour

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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s right to compete in the women’s event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at an urgent hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Both the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Testing Agency — on behalf of the IOC — said Friday they would fight the decision by Russia’s anti-doping agency to allow the 15-year-old Valieva to skate. The Russian agency provisionally banned Valieva on Tuesday because she failed a doping test in December. After an appeal, the agency lifted the ban Wednesday.

Full story: https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/international-headlines/urgent-hearing-to-decide-if-valieva-can-skate-at-olympics/

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