Opinion: Doping decision shows figure skating needs fixing
Canada and its athletes deserve redress before the world championships land in Montreal next month.
On Jan. 29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) banned Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for four years due to a positive drug test for Trimetazidine. The controversy arose during the 2022 Olympics when Valieva's sample from the Russian Nationals Championships in December 2021 revealed the doping violation. The ban, effective retroactively from Dec. 25, 2021, nullifies all results after that date. Read More