Russian figure skater Valieva loses last appeal in Beijing Olympics doping case

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva lost her last appeal on Thursday in a doping case that rocked the 2022 Beijing Olympics, where she was expected to be a breakout star.

Swiss Federal Tribunal judges dismissed Valieva’s appeal to overturn a four-year ban imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in January last year.

Valieva was ordered by the supreme court to pay 7,000 Swiss francs ($8,700) in costs and 8,000 Swiss francs ($10,000) to each of the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating Union.

At CAS last year, Valieva was also disqualified from her events in Beijing, which downgraded the Russians from gold to bronze medals in the team event, lifting the United States to Olympic champion. Those medals were finally presented at the Paris Summe