Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva can no longer compete in international events after her neutral athlete status was revoked, according to the Associated Press. This follows a long-running controversy over a positive doping test she had during the 2022 Beijing Olympics, which overshadowed her performance and led to her disqualification from that event. Valieva returned to competition in December 2025 after a lengthy ban and has since competed in Russia, but her recent status as a neutral athlete—allowing her to compete without a national team designation—has now been withdrawn. The International Skating Union (ISU) introduced a new rule this season allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under neutral status by default, unless they met specific disqualifying criteria. These criteria include participation in military operations against Ukraine or public support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine since 2022. Valieva’s status was revoked due to concerns she might have violated these rules. Russian men’s skater Mark Kondratiuk, who was Valieva’s teammate at the 2022 Olympics, also had his neutral status revoked for similar reasons. The ISU is set to rule on appeals from both Valieva and Kondratiuk by the middle of next week. If the decision stands, the athletes could potentially take their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, an international body that handles sports-related disputes. The revocation of Valieva’s status was first reported by Russian media, but she has not publicly commented on the situation. The ISU had previously banned Russian and Belarusian athletes in 2022 in response to the invasion of Ukraine. It allowed a limited number of Russian skaters to compete in the Milan Cortina Olympics and a qualifying event last season before adjusting the rules for this season. Two Russian figure skaters, Adeliia Petrosian and Petr Gumennik, competed at the Olympics but did not win any medals. The ISU’s current rules state that athletes can be barred if they are serving in military or security forces, have participated in military operations against Ukraine, or have actively and publicly supported the war since 2022. Valieva first became a central figure in a legal controversy during the 2022 Beijing Games when a drug test she took months earlier came back positive for trimetazidine, a banned substance. This occurred after she had helped Russia win team gold. She was later disqualified from the event, which allowed the United States to be upgraded to gold.