Olympic champion in ice dancing Natalya Bestemyanova rejoiced for figure skater Kamila Valieva, who was allowed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to further participate in the Beijing Olympics. She noted that this situation only contributes to the popularity of the athlete, while calling the very fact of such an incident disgusting.

“This is the only right decision. I am absolutely happy, I was looking forward to this news and could not think of anything else. God bless!

Will these few days under pressure affect Camila? Do not know. I hope that she is a very strong athlete. The fact is that she is only 15 years old, and I hope that, due to her youth, she will not take it as seriously as a more adult person could. I believe that it will only harden her. In any case, what was happening for her now contributes to popularity.

If earlier the whole world of figure skating knew about her, now every person on the planet who is at least a little interested in sports knows who Kamila Valieva is. Bad advertising is also advertising, we will treat it like that, although what happened to our wonderful girl is disgusting, ”said Bestemyanova.

Kamila Valieva as part of the Russian national team became the champion of the 2022 Games in the team championship, but the award ceremony was postponed due to the fact that traces of trimetazidine in a microdose were found in her doping test taken in December. Valieva was given a temporary suspension, she challenged it with RUSADA, and the restrictions were lifted. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Skating Union (ISU) filed an appeal with CAS, but it was rejected.

Earlier, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Dmitry Svishchev reacted to the decision of CAS to allow Kamila Valieva to the individual tournament of the Olympic Games.

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