President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach was excited by the performance of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. He said this at a press conference.
“I was very excited yesterday when I saw the competition on TV. What kind of pressure she faced. I was an athlete and I know what pressure is. But in her case, I can’t even imagine what it was like, because she is 15 years old, ”said Bach.
According to him, Valieva's body language spoke of "incredible stress."
“I saw her trying to pull herself together and complete the program. Perhaps she would prefer to leave, try to forget, ”the head of the IOC added.
Video of Valieva's failed free program at the Olympics 2022 Olympics Valieva won a gold medal in the team tournament at the Beijing Olympics. After that, it became known that traces of the prohibited substance trimetazidine were found in her doping test, taken back in December 2021. Despite this, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) allowed the skater to participate in the Games.
During her free skate performance, she fell twice and ended up without a medal, finishing in fourth place. Anna Shcherbakova took the gold of the Olympics, another Russian woman Alexandra Trusova took the silver, and the Japanese Kaori Sakamoto took the bronze.
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