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The Federation called the journalist ill-mannered after Valieva's questions

The British journalist, who, after training the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, began to ask her about doping, cannot boast of a good upbringing. This opinion was expressed by the press attaché of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) Olga Ermolina

As she told Sport Day, the Russian athlete refused to communicate with journalists after the end of classes, but one of the foreign journalists loudly asked Valieva if she had taken doping. “A foreign journalist began to ask Camila quite aggressively questions about doping, although she was not going to stop and comment,” the press officer said.

WADA saw an error in the decision of RUSADA to cancel the suspension of Valieva Olympics 2022 According to her, there is no clarity in the case of Valieva and her guilt has not been proven. “But not all journalists can boast of upbringing and observance of the rules of decency, even when it comes to a minor. We reported the incident to the management of the publication (where the journalist works),” Yermolina said.

Valieva won the gold medal in the team figure skating tournament as part of the Russian national team at the Beijing Olympics. The competition took place on February 7th. The award ceremony was supposed to take place on the same day, but it has already been postponed several times. On February 9, the Inside the Games portal reported that Valieva's doping test was the reason for the delay in the award.

What is important to know about the case of Kamila Valieva and her chances to stay at the Olympics Olympics 2022 On February 11, the International Doping Testing Agency (ITA) announced that a laboratory in Stockholm did indeed detect a banned substance in a sample taken on December 25 in Russia. Trimetazidine was found in the analyzes. According to RBC Sport sources, in a small amount.

On February 8, Valieva was suspended. From that moment on, she had no right to participate in Russian and international competitions until the final decision on the case. The next day, RUSADA lifted her suspension. RUSADA decided to protest this decision by the IOC, WADA and ISU.

The Federation called the journalist ill-mannered after Valieva's questions