
Attorneys for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva are taking her doping case back to court, arguing the World Anti-Doping Agency withheld and altered evidence that could have proven her contamination claim during the hearing that resulted in her four-year suspension.
The experiment conducted by scientist Martial Saugy at the request of Russia’s anti-doping agency through its channels at WADA was kept secret until The Associated Press revealed details of it last September, along with WADA’s concerns about it.