The participants of the team tournament of the Beijing Olympic Games of the US team demand that their representative be present at the hearing on the case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, which will be held at the CAS from September 26 to 29.
The corresponding letter to the court was published by USA Today journalist Christine Brennan. It is signed by Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou, Brandon Fraser, Madison Chalk, and Madison Hubbel.
The Americans also call for the representatives of Japan and Canada, whose teams respectively placed third and fourth in the Olympic Games, to be admitted to the audience. The United States came in second behind the Russian figure skaters.
The figure skater in December 2021 at the Russian Championships tested positive for doping. The test results came to light after the team tournament at the 2022 Olympics, when Valieva helped the Russian team win gold.
The AMA requires a four-year disqualification of the figure skater.
