Article 6F2XS Kamila Valieva’s Olympic case heads to court with Russian doping in focus

Kamila Valieva’s Olympic case heads to court with Russian doping in focus

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has begun hearing Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case, a scandal that rocked the sport and cast a shadow over her country's already embattled anti-doping system.

Nineteen months after Valieva helped the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) win gold in the team event at the 2022 Beijing Games despite testing positive for a banned substance, her fellow competitors are still awaiting justice.

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