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Posted: 2024-01-29 23:08:55

The highest court in sports has sanctioned Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for doping violations at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

The ruling has set the stage for US skaters, who finished second behind Valieva and her teammates in the team competition, to receive gold medals.

The Beijing Olympics were rocked when, about 24 hours after Valieva led Russia to victory in the team event, details about a sample taken at Russia's national championships six weeks earlier revealed there was a banned heart medication in her system.

More than half a dozen proceedings and appeals took place over the ensuing 23 months, culminating in Monday's decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), which is essentially the supreme court for international sports events.

Here is a look at the case and what will happen next:

About the medals

Though the CAS decision disqualifies Valieva's results from the Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) controls Olympic medals.

When Valieva's case first erupted, the committee decided not to award medals from the event while the skaters were in Beijing.

Now it seems certain that at a meeting in March, it will award the gold to the Americans, while silver and bronze will go to Japan and Canada, which finished third and fourth, respectively, in the event.

There is a chance Valieva could lodge an appeal in Switzerland's supreme court, though chances of a victory there are very slim.

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