Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Russian Rugby Federation (RFR) Igor Artemyev spoke about his attitude to the case of the figure skater Kamila Valieva .
Valieva won gold at the 2022 Olympics in the figure skating team tournament. After that, it became known that the banned substance trimetazidine was found in the doping sample of a 15-year-old athlete taken during the Russian championship in December. As a result, Valieva was allowed to participate in the personal tournament, where she was considered the favorite, and she took 4th place. The investigation against Valieva continues. No medals were awarded in the team tournament at the Beijing Games. The results will be confirmed after the survey is completed.
– When you look at American gymnasts, you can only believe in a miracle and some new technologies with which you can achieve such strength, endurance, muscle mass. And when you see that more than half of Norwegian skiers have suffered from asthma since childhood, in my opinion 76%, you think there is something wrong here. I haven’t heard that the skiers on our team have asthma.
As for Valieva, I don’t know the dosage of the drug or how long it takes to withdraw. But, of course, we had to be very careful after the Sochi scandal and not give a reason at all. Of course, this story was blown up. I’m sorry for that girl, really sorry. But I don’t know what happened. Someone was definitely overlooked, Artemiev told reporters.
Source : MatchTV
