event in the figure skating. such issues will be examined in other proceedings. and not necessarily cast. quick final word, this decision has been rendered by three arbitrators specialized in sports law. working outside any kind of pressure or influence. all though they have a specific nationality. these three human beings operate under one flag. the flag of the court of arbitration for sport. this concludes my report. thank you very much for your attention. i guess they ll be no questions then. we heard the decision from the court for sport. that kamila valiyeva will continue to compete at this years winter olympics. let s hear back now. steven james live in beijing. and patrick world sport standing by. let s start with steven. they talk specifically about
in her life who did this. they should be looked at and they will be looked at, her coach and team around her. she s not making these decisions. the adults are, john. so for me i think this is a terrible black mark on the olympic games. a woman who had, even though she s 15 and we re very sympathetic, a woman who had a positive drug test less than two months ago will be competing in the women s competition and likely winning the women s competition. what a disastrous p.r. nightmare of a headline that is. christine brennan joined by cnn s steven jiang. steven, the next appearance of the games is expected to be on tuesday, the singles competition. she s the favorite to win gold in that one. a hugely controversial decision, many people will be asking, quite simply, why? reporter: the i think the three arbitrators seem to be anticipating the question. that s why they were trying to explain from several fronts. one is their decision is a very narrowly focused one.
almost immediately lifted that suspension. there are three other organisations versus the international 0lympic organisations versus the international olympic committee secondly the international skating union which has a responsibility for the whole sport. and sadly, it s the anti doping agency. and we rather believe that the arbitrators looking at this case did not follow properly the rules set down. and those rules state that suspensions will apply to minors as well as to everybody else. it s very regrettable that were here but the effect of the decision is that she can now take part in competitions later this week which is an even bigger problem for the ioc. , ., is an even bigger problem for the ioc. ,., ., , is an even bigger problem for the ioc. ., h. ., is an even bigger problem for the ioc. ., , ioc. ok, so that s clear. they should have ioc. ok, so that s clear. they should have been ioc. ok, so that s clear. they should have been entered - ioc. ok, so that s clear. the
it is only addressing a very technical procedural issue. it does not address whether or not valieva has committed a doping offense, and also it s not addressing the issue of what s going to happen to the russian s gold medal from the team event last monday one day before this positive test result returned. now, as you mentioned, age is certainly a key factor here with the arbitrators mentioning her being a minor. they seem to be trying to give her more benefit of the doubt, showing her more sympathy. they also appear to be siding with the russians in some of their arguments, including how she has been testing negative since she arrived here in beijing as well as, of course, pointing to the length of time that sweden took to return this positive test result. now, all of this, of course, is resulting in a very unsatisfying situation for many parties, including the i.o.c., and they actually said they wanted to have all the issues settled once and for all. but they simply couldn t bring al
my experience, and let it be more about the workers that s going through what they re going through right now, you know, because it s like my experience is over with. i was able to move on. but we still have workers that s there. you know, i ve been saying and i m going to keep saying, you know what? i m not the only one who said anything. it was dewitt lambert was the first one that sounded the bell. you know, dewitt lambert took it to arbitration. see, that s one of the things that these billion dollar companies are doing. they re using arbitration effectively to take the employees into a private judicial system. when you do that, you know, it s effectively me crying to an employee of tesla, you know, because they re the ones that retain the arbitrators. so you felt like you never had a fair chance to be able to have the human resources department help you. your case, i think, is pending appeal because of the punitive damages that were awarded, but it sends a heck of a message to