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The Russian women's team won the gold medal in the ski relay!
The IOC announced its intention to help the investigation into the environment of the figure skater Valieva
Russia climbed to seventh place in the medal standings of the Olympics
American hockey players beat Canadians at the Olympic hockey tournament
The Russian women's ice hockey team lost in the quarterfinals to the Swiss team and dropped out of the Olympics
Valieva's coach Eteri Tutberidze said she had no doubts about the innocence of the figure skater with a doping history
12.05 The gold of the Russian women's team in the ski relay is fantastic happiness, the girls are great fellows. This was announced to RBC Sport by three-time Olympic champion and head of the Russian Skiing Association Elena Vyalbe.
“I am very happy for each of the girls, they are great fellows. Just great happiness, fantastic happiness for them. Each of the girls gave all 150%. We have gold, already the second gold in skiing at this Olympics, a great joy, ”said Vyalbe.
Vyalbe called women's gold in the ski relay fantastic happiness Olympics 2022
11.50 The first president of WADA, Richard Pound, spoke about the situation with a positive doping test of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva.
“At a certain moment, when a country is absolutely incorrigible, yourself in a situation where this country needs to take a time out. We could say: we can help you. You have a problem. We'll help you focus on it. Take time out for one, two or three Olympics until you have it all under control.
But the Russians don't help themselves because they have absolutely no remorse. They don't admit anything, they appeal against every decision. I think it was probably too lenient to let them act as the Russian Olympic Committee. I'm sure the Russians have legal support and are doing everything they can to contain the damage. But how could you expose Valieva to such a risk? It doesn't look like a tainted supplement, it's a non-therapeutic use of a rather potent drug."
11.30 Yulia Stupak, Natalya Nepryaeva, Tatiana Sorina, Veronika Stepanova are Olympic champions!
11.25 Veronika Stepanova finishes alone and wins the third gold at the Beijing Olympics. Girls, you are the best!
11.20 Russian Veronika Stepanova leads the last leg of the ski relay. Come on, Nick!
11.00 Figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze is absolutely sure of the purity and innocence of her ward Kamila Valieva in the doping scandal.
“A very controversial and difficult situation has arisen. Lots of questions and very few answers. I want to say that I am absolutely sure that Camila is innocent and pure. And for us, this is not a theorem, but an axiom - this does not need to be proven, ”said Tutberidze.
10.30 The Russian women's team failed to reach the semifinals of the ice hockey tournament at the Beijing Olympics. In the quarterfinals, the Russians lost to the Swiss with a score of 2:4.
The Russian women's team in Beijing earlier in the group stage beat the Swiss (5:2) and suffered crushing defeats from the Americans (0:5), Canadians (1:6) and Finns (0:5).
10:00 am The US ice hockey team defeated the Canadian team in the group stage match of the Olympic Games in Beijing. The match ended with the score 4:2.
The US team won the second victory in a row and in the next match will play the Germans on February 13, the Canadians will meet the Chinese on the same day.
09.30 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will help the anti-doping authorities in the investigation not only of figure skater Kamila Valieva, but also of her entourage, said IOC Communications Director Mark Adams.
“The environment is doctors, coaches and parents. We realized the importance of the environment some time ago. The IOC always welcomes an investigation into both the athletes and the environment. WADA has an investigative unit and has its own testing agency. In this case, we will facilitate the investigation not only in relation to the athlete, but also in relation to the environment, ”he said.
09.00 The story of Kamila Valieva's positive doping test raises too many questions, while the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) has no doubts about the honesty of the athlete, said FFKKR President Alexander Gorshkov
“I repeat once again: we do not doubt the honesty of our athlete. This case requires careful consideration, because this whole wild story raises too many questions. It is necessary to find out, on the one hand, all the circumstances of what happened, on the other hand, what happened to the doping sample taken on December 25 for almost a month and a half after it was sent to a foreign laboratory, ”said Gorshkov.
08.30 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) challenged in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) the decision to remove the temporary suspension from the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva in order to resolve the situation as soon as possible.“We want the process to follow the rules and be completed as soon as possible. This will allow us to focus on the sport afterwards and not on potential anti-doping rule violations. So we contacted CAS,” Adams said.
08.00 The Russian women's curling team lost to the team of South Korea in the match of the Olympic tournament in Beijing, having suffered the third defeat in a row. The game ended with a score of 9:5 in favor of the South Korean team.
At the moment, there are no victories on the account of the Russians. The team ranks ninth out of ten.
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