2022 Olympic Rankings: Appeals dismissed The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced today…

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Kamila Valieva performs during the sixth stage women’s short program at the Rostelecom Grand Prix at the Megasport Arena in Moscow, Russia, on November 25, 2023.

2022 Olympic Rankings: Appeals dismissed

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced today that the appeals filed by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the Figure Skating Federation of Russia, and Russian skaters (Aleksandr Galliamov, Nikita Katsalapov, Mark Kondratiuk, Anastasia Mishina, Victoria Sinitsina, and Kamila Valieva) against the re-ranking decision announced by the International Skating Union (ISU) on January 30, 2024, were dismissed.

The Appellants sought a ruling from CAS to re-rank the figure skating Team Event and award the gold medal to the ROC. Following the hearing on June 12, 2024, the Panel deliberated and concluded that Ms. Valieva’s results in the Olympic Figure Skating Team Event were correctly disqualified in the Challenged Decision, and that the ROC Skating Team could not be awarded the gold medal. Consequently, the appeals were dismissed. The Panel issued the Operative Part of the Arbitral Award, with the full award and the grounds for the Panel’s decision to be issued as soon as possible.

A separate CAS Panel, different from the first, was constituted to resolve the related but separate appeal filed by Canadian skaters Madeline Schizas, Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier, Kirsten Moore-Towers, Michael Marinaro, Eric Radford, Vanessa James, and Roman Sadovsky, along with Skate Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) (collectively, the Canadian Appellants). This panel held a hearing at the CAS headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on July 22, 2024.

The Canadian Appellants are also seeking a ruling from CAS to re-rank the figure skating Team Event as follows: United States of America (Gold), Japan (Silver), and Canada (Bronze).

Kamila Valieva was considered a frontrunner for the 2022 Olympic gold medal. However, the teen faced consequences in a case that significantly disrupted the Beijing Games and prevented other athletes from receiving their deserved medals. A ruling by CAS imposed a four-year ban Russian figure skater for committing an anti-doping rule violation. As a result, Valieva, who was 15 years old at the time, has been barred from international competition until December 2025. All her victories achieved since December 2021 have been nullified. This includes the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships.

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Investigation Timeline

• 2/08/2021: The Team Event medal ceremony was delayed because of a positive drug test within the Russian team that was taken in Dec. 25, 2021. The alleged is a minor. A minor cannot be accused of violating anti-doping rules. The drug in question is Trimetazidine — a substance which is banned on the WADA list.
• 2/11/2022: The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) states that they are in charge and that they will conduct the investigation. They claim that the Athlete has the right to train and take part in competitions in full without restrictions until the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decides otherwise regarding her status in relation to the Olympic Games.
• 2/11/2022: The International Testing Agency (ITA), on behalf of OIC, exercise their right to an appeal to CAS to have the suspension reinstated and not wait for the decision by the RUSADA due to the time issue. WADA and the ISU follow suit.
• 2/11/2022: CAS registers the applications filed by the IOC and WADA against the decision issued by the RUSADA Disciplinary Anti-Doping Committee
• 2/12/2022: CAS releases statement that the hearing will take place on Feb 13, 2022 at 20:30 (Beijing time)
• 2/13/2022: CAS releases statement that hearing has concluded – Media release to be published at 14:00 (Beijing time)
• 2/14/2022: CAS dismisses applications for appeal
• 2/14/2022: IOC releases statement regarding medal ceremonies for the Team and Women’s events
• 2/17/2022: The Ad Hoc Division of CAS publishes 41-page reasoned Arbitral Award
• 9/14/2022: TASS reports that RUSADA has completed their investigation
• 10/21/2022: Official statement by RUSADA
• 11/14/2022: CAS registers the Statement of Appeal filed by WADA and opened an arbitration procedure
• 1/13/2023: RUSDA tribunal renders decision that K.V. bore ‘no fault or negligence.’ WADA releases statement that they need to review the “full-reasoned decision.”
• 2/21/2023: WADA appeals case of Russian Olympic Committee figure skater, Kamila Valieva to Court of Arbitration for Sport
• 2/22/2023: ISU conducted a full review of the RUSADA decision; will file appeal with the CAS
• 2/24/2023: CAS registers the appeals filed by RUSADA, ISU and WADA
• 6/22/2023: CAS sets hearing dates in the arbitration proceedings involving RUSADA, ISU, WADA, and Kamila Valieva for Sep 26-29, 2023, at the CAS headquarters in Lausanne, SUI.
• 9/15/2023: The CAS hearing in the arbitration proceedings involving RUSADA, the ISU, WADA and Kamila Valieva will start on 26 September 2023
• 9/28/2023: Adjournment in the CAS hearing in the arbitration proceedings involving RUSADA, ISU, WADA and Ms Valieva
• 11/10/2023: The CAS hearing in the arbitration proceedings involving RUSADA, ISU, WADA and Kamila Valieva has concluded. The final decision is expected by the end of January 2024.
• 1/29/24: CAS issues decision: Kamila Valieva is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation and sanctioned with a four-year period of ineligibility commencing on 25 December 2021
• 1/29/24: ISU releases statement on CAS decision
• 1/29/2024: WADA welcomes Court of Arbitration for Sport decision in case of Russian Olympic Committee figure skater
• 1/30/2024: ISU issues statement including “re-ranked” Olympic Team results and 2022 European results for Women
• 2/7/2024: CAS publishes 129-page findings/full decision in Arbitral Award
• 2/7/2024: CAS publishes media release
• 2/9/2024: ISU releases statement further to their statement of January 30, 2024
• 2/26/24: CAS registers four appeals against the re-ranking announced by the ISU in relation to the 2022 Olympic Team event
• 7/25/24: CAS dismisses appeals filed by the Russian Olympic Committee, the Figure Skating Federation of Russia, and the skaters Aleksandr Galliamov, Nikita Katsalapov, Mark Kondratiuk, Anastasia Mishina, Victoria Sinistsina, and Kamila Valieva
• 7/25/24: The International Skating Union (ISU) welcomes the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to reject the appeals placed by the Russian/ROC appellants in relation to the re-ranking of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

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