A Russian Anti-Doping Agency disciplinary tribunal has found that while then-15-year-old Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva committed an anti-doping rule violation, she bore “no fault or negligence” for it, the World Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday morning.
RUSADA imposed no sanction except for the disqualification of her results on the date the sample was collected, which was Dec. 25, 2021.
The decision is hardly a surprise and completely consistent with the way RUSADA has handled the controversial and excruciatingly delayed case. It’s also not the final word in the scandal that consumed the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.