Valieva may not be able to compete in Milano Cortina in 2026. She is only permitted to skate in domestic competitions because of the prohibition. The WADA quickly questioned the Russian decision. Russian sports officials determined Friday that figure skater Kamila Valieva was not at fault for testing positive for a banned substance, a decision … Read more
Nairo Quintana leaves his Arkea-Samsic team after failing a drugs test. The Colombian was eliminated from this year’s Tour de France. Tramadol is an opiate pain reliever not on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s list. Nairo Quintana, a former Giro d’Italia and Vuelta champion, said on Saturday that he is leaving his Arkea-Samsic team. Despite signing … Read more
Russia’s 15-year-old prodigy Kamila Valieva came to Beijing favourite for figure skating Olympic gold. Now she is at the center of a doping scandal that threatens to torpedo her fledgling career. “When I was three years old I would tell my mother, I want to be an Olympic champion,” she said on Monday after she … Read more
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has imposed a four-year ban on Russia from all global sport, including the 2020 Olympics and the 2022 World Cup finals. WADA’s executive committee took the decision after concluding Moscow had tampered with laboratory data. The agency found Russia planted fake evidence and deleted files linked to positive doping tests … Read more
