"Error of the system": the doping

Kamila Valieva continues trains on the Beijing's Olympic ice cream. Also on Sunday, Russia's figure skating miracle in Capital Indoor Stadium tried for the hoped-for single gold. But whether Valieva is really allowed to start with the winter games, the sports funnel decide. The scandal around the 15-year-old has become a heavy burden for the games.

• What has the affair triggered?
• Why did it take until the test result became known?
• Why do the sports funnel now have to ran?
• What makes the case so brisant?
• Who falls the verdict?
• What role does Valievas age play in the matter?
• Why is trimetazidine forbidden and what does it do?

What has the affair triggered?

In the Russian championships in St. Petersburg on December 25, Supertalent Valieva must undergo doping test. Because Moscow Doping Labor has lost its international approval in the course of the scandal of Russia's state-organized sports fraud, the test is evaluated in Stockholm. In Valievas sample, the forbidden retention of trimetacid is detected. The result reaches the Russian anti-doping agency (Rusada) according to their information but only on February 7 - that is unusually late. At this time she has already led the Russian team to the Olympic Sieg in the team competition.

Why did it take until the test result became known?

The Rusada calls the current corona situation and laboratory personnel as the reasons for the delays in the evaluation of the test. This would have "never allowed to happen," Travis Tygart said the boss of the American anti-doping agency Usada, "Yahoo Sports". Usually, anti-doping authorities would even accelerate such test evaluations from major competitions to prevent scenarios as well as winter games, said the doping hunter. The delays are "inexpressible" and a "catastrophic error of the system".

Why do the sports funnel now have to ran?

Valieva is closed on 8 February for the time being by the Rusada. One day later, the penalty is exposed to their objection. This is likely to attend the pot favorite at the Ladies Single Olympic, which begins on 15 February. That does not want to accept the International Olympic Committee so easy. In the urgent procedure, the International Sport Court is intended to judge whether the Rusada was allowed to unlock the Lock of Valieva. Only when this judgment is spoken, the skating world association (ISU) will decide on medalization in the team competition. The CAS saying will be announced before Tuesday, assured the IOC.

What makes the case so brisant?

Easprinzessin Valieva is the largest star of Russians in Beijing and currently by far the best figure skater in the world. The Kremlin also quickly stood behind the 15-year-old. The case again breaks up the wounds of the manipulation scandal, which Russia officially cost approval for the summer games in Tokyo and Olympia in China. In Beijing, the team enters the team of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) without their own national banner and anthem. The new doping case, still with a minor, again heavily in doubt the departure of the Russian's sins of the past. The IOC has to ask again if the sanctions were hard enough and purposeful.

Who falls the verdict?

For the time of winter games, the CAS has called for an ad hoc commission from a circle of international lawyers. In the case of Valieva, the Italian Fabio Iudica, the American Jeffrey Benz and the Slovene Vesna Bergant Rakocevic form the judgment body. The hearing was scheduled for Sunday evening in Beijing. Because of the Corona pandemic, the procedure is largely passed by video. The verdict should experience the dispute parties on Monday afternoon local time. First of all, it's all about whether the Rusada was allowed to pick up the preliminary lock for Valieva at short notice.

What role does Valievas age play in the matter?

According to the Rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the 15-year-old Russian is a "sheltered person" as a minor. If your doping has been detected, the penalty may be milder and a possible barrier also significantly lower than two years. Stronger in the focus is your environment with trainer Eteri Tutberidse. "We would welcome a hard line. The entourage should be looked at in this and all other cases," said Ioc spokesman Mark Adams on Saturday. If trainers or supervisors are transferred to have given minors forbidden substances, a barrier of at least four years threatens them.

Why is trimetazidine forbidden and what does it do?

Trimetazidine stands on the bid list of the World Anti-Doping Agency in the category S4 "Hormones and Metabolism Modulators". According to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), it is a "medicine for the prevention of angina pectoris" (seizure, strong pain in the heart area), which promotes blood supply to the heart by the blood vessel. In the figure skating, you could bridge "a moment of acidification of the musculature", as you could enter in the second half of a freestyle, Sven Authoresen, Olympic Doctor of Figure Emperor. Well-known doping cases with trimetazidine were those of the Chinese floating stars Sun Yang and the Russian Bob driver Nadeschda Sergeyeva at Winter Games 2018 in Pyeongchang.