The Ministry of Sports of Russia controls the development of the situation with the awarding ceremony for medalists of team figure skating competitions, which, according to media reports, has been postponed for several days due to a suspicious test by Kamila Valieva. This was stated by the Minister of Sports Oleg Matytsin, quoted by the press service of the department.
“The Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation is in constant interaction with the Olympic delegation of our country at the Games in Beijing and keeps under control the development of the situation related to the postponement of the awards ceremony for winners and prize-winners of team figure skating competitions,” Matytsin said.
He noted that "all the athletes of our team continue to participate in the Olympic Winter Games."
“Russia invariably follows the principles of zero tolerance for any violation of sports rules and Olympic ethics. We urge everyone to be patient and refrain from making unsubstantiated comments until official information appears,” Matytsin said.
ISU responded to reports of doping by Kamila Valieva Figure skating The ceremony of awarding Olympic medalists in the figure skating team tournament was supposed to take place on Monday, but was postponed several times.
According to Inside the Games, the postponement of the ceremony is associated with a positive doping test from the leader of the season in women's figure skating Kamila Valieva. According to RBC Sport sources, trimetazidine was found in her in minimal proportions.
The IOC called Valieva's questionable doping test data speculation. At the same time, Valieva went to training for the first time after reports of a positive doping test.
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