WADA appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in November seeking a four-year ban for the Russian figure skater after she was at the centre of a doping scandal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, exclusively revealed by insidethegames.

The then-15-year-old had tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine in a sample on December 25 last year, but this was only reported by a WADA-accredited laboratory on February 8 after she helped the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to gold in the team event at Beijing 2022.

In confirming WADA's appeal to the CAS, President Witold Bańka claimed that "despite putting RUSADA under formal notice to resolve the Kamila Valieva case promptly, no progress was made."

However, Loginova, who was appointed to her role as RUSADA director general in December last year, disputed those suggestions.

"We do not agree with the claim that RUSADA was unable to organise the hearings on time," she told Russia's official state news agency TASS.

"Now everyone needs to be patient and not spread false information in the media.

"We have officially declared our position, namely, our intention not to publicly disclose any details of the figure skater's case.

"We were guided by the fact that the disclosure of such information would not benefit any of the parties involved in the case.

"But the right of public disclosure remains with us, and when the final decision on the case is made, we will return to this issue.

"RUSADA did not delay the processing of the results at any stage.

"An investigation was carried out on the personnel who worked with the underage athlete, we were obliged to conduct it and we always conduct an investigation in cases where the case concerns protected persons.

"The investigation was conducted within a reasonable time, it took place in cooperation with the WADA investigation department."

WADA has not commented on Loginova's remarks as the case is pending.

RUSADA justified its plans to keep its verdict in the Valieva case confidential by arguing she is a "protected person" under the World Anti-Doping Code, although WADA and the International Olympic Committee have urged it to make the details public.

The medal ceremony for the team figure skating event from Beijing 2022 is yet to take place because of the failed drugs test.

The United States were the second-best team followed by Japan and Canada, and each would be bumped up a place if the ROC were to be stripped of its gold.

Valieva was only cleared to compete in the women's singles event by the CAS after it opted against re-imposing a provisional suspension, but she finished fourth after an error-strewn performance in the free skating.

Two-year sanctions against Russia for a state-sponsored doping programme ended earlier this month.

WADA had initially prohibited Russian athletes from competing under the country's flag, anthem and name and restricted the nation from hosting major international events for four years, but this was reduced to two years by the CAS.

However, WADA has said RUSADA remains non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code, describing it as a "separate process".