Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva went to training at the Capital Sports Palace ahead of individual competitions at the Olympic Games in Beijing. This is reported by TASS and RIA Novosti.
The press attache of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, Olga Yermolina, told TASS that Valiyeva had not been suspended from competition in women's singles. “Camila is not suspended from the Games. We are waiting for official statements from the International Olympic Committee (IOC),” she said. The individual singles tournament will start on February 15th.
Yermolina added that the IOC should also decide on the date of awarding medals in the team tournament.
An IOC representative at a press conference called reports that the awards ceremony for the figure skaters following the results of the team tournament was delayed due to a dubious doping test by Valieva as speculation, Reuters reports.
Will Russia be deprived of the gold of the Olympic Games. What is important to know about the doping scandal with Valieva Olympics 2022 On the eve of the Inside The Games portal reported that the delay in the awards ceremony for the winners of the Olympic team figure skating tournament arose due to a problem with a doping test of one of the Russian figure skaters. Later, the publication clarified that this was a doping test for Valieva. As The Guardian wrote, we are talking about a drug that does not affect athletic performance.
According to RBC sources, the athletes found trimetazidine in the doping test. It has been banned since 2015 and was classified as a cardiometabolic modulator in 2021. As sports doctor Nikita Karlitsky noted, the drug protects the heart and brain during intense exercise, it is on a par with meldonium.
The IOC twice postponed the awarding of Russian figure skaters who won gold in the team tournament. As part of the Russian team, Valieva, Mark Kondratyuk, sports couple Anastasia Mishina / Alexander Gallyamov and dancers Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov became Olympic champions. The Ministry of Sports considered it premature to comment on the data that the postponement of the ceremony is associated with the result of Valieva's doping test.
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