Athletistic / Figure skating. Vyacheslav Fetisov, two-time Olympic hockey champion and now a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, commented on the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to disqualify Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for four years for doping .

The athlete’s results were canceled. Due to the disqualification, the Russian figure skating team was deprived of gold medals in the team championship at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing (China). After the cancellation of the results, the Russians fell to 3rd place.

“I really regret that we were unable to protect the rights of a minor athlete.

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I express my words of support to Kamila, who is not responsible for anything. I don’t even know what can calm her down today. It’s a big blow for me,” Fetisov said, as quoted by Sport-Express.


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