The coach of the dance duet of figure skaters Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov, Alexander Zhulin, reproached the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach for his “cruel and incorrect” position towards figure skater Kamila Valieva and her coach Eteri Tutberidze. Zhulin wrote about this in an open letter posted on Instagram.
Earlier on February 18, Bach said at a briefing that he was shocked by the cold meeting of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva from Tutberidze after the free program at the Beijing Olympics.
Thomas Bach criticized Tutberidze for his attitude towards Valieva Olympics 2022 “I am very surprised by your reaction to the behavior of the Russian coach Eteri Tutberidze after the free skate of her student Kamila Valieva. You write that you were worried about Camila the whole time, and the coach's reaction was very harsh. You, please, analyze your position towards a woman and a young girl starting from February 8 this year. From the position of a man, you behaved, in my opinion, cruelly and incorrectly. At least it’s not for you to teach manners to an outstanding coach, ”Zhulin wrote.
The coach urged Bach to pay attention to the policy of the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA regarding the drug meldonium, due to which many Russian athletes were disqualified, including one of Zhulin's pupils Ekaterina Bobrova. Zhulin believes that the drug is necessary for the functioning of the heart muscle, and it was banned only because it is not used in Western countries.
“A lot of Russian athletes have suffered from this “most dangerous” drug. Why Russian? It's just that he's not popular in the West. It's not doping. Do you know how many young footballers and hockey players die in training from heart problems from huge loads? Apparently not. You would be advised to WADA to come up with a medicine to maintain the heart muscle, and not to catch unfortunate athletes on all sorts of nonsense, ”Zhulin wrote.
Zhulin advised Bach to “look at ease” because of Tutberidze’s criticism of the 2022 Olympics In the final paragraph of the letter, the coach called on the head of the IOC to pay attention to the living conditions of athletes at the Beijing Olympics, instead of criticizing the Russian figure skater and her coach.
“This was the ninth Olympics in a row for me, and in terms of mood, the impressions were such that I was at war instead of a holiday, and with terrible food and accommodation in a hotel, an hour and a half drive to the rink. Of course, I understand that the coronavirus has greatly contributed to this, but you, as president, could try to make every effort and return the atmosphere of celebration and happiness, as it was before, and you, it seems to me, were very carried away by the mood of the girl and woman from Russia, which were already destroyed on every corner, ”summed up Zhulin.
Valieva was the leader of the Olympics after the short program in the individual competition. But in the free program she made two falls and eventually took fourth place.
Shcherbakova and Trusova were awarded Olympic medals The 2022 Olympics Valieva won a gold medal in the team tournament at the Beijing Games. After that, it was announced that traces of the banned substance trimetazidine were found in a doping sample of a 15-year-old Russian woman taken back in December 2021.
The IOC, WADA and the International Skating Union (ISU) have filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), seeking to challenge Valieva's admission to the competition. However, CAS rejected the complaints and recognized the Russian woman as a full participant in the competition.
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