The preliminary hearing on the complaint by Dr. Shvetsky, who worked with the skaters against Zeppelt, will take place at the end of September.

The preliminary hearing in the Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow on the complaint of doctor Philip Shvetsky, who worked with the Russian figure skating team at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, against German journalist Hajo Seppelt will take place on September 28. filing of arbitration files.

The lawsuit against Zeppelt for protection of honor, dignity and business reputation was accepted for trial on July 27, and on August 10 a conversation took place.

In 2022, a journalist, speaking of Shvetsky, said that “a team doctor with a history of doping works for the Russian Figure Skating Federation”. Seppelt claimed that Shvetsky was involved in the scandal of the disqualification of six Russian rowers ahead of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Subsequently, Shvetsky worked with the Russian national figure skating team.

Russian Kamila Valieva won the gold medal at the 2022 Olympics in the team figure skating tournament. After that, it became known that in the doping sample of a then 15-year-old athlete, taken at the Russian Championship in December, they found the banned substance trimetazidine. As a result, Valieva was allowed to participate in the personal tournament, where she was considered the favorite, and she took 4th place. Hearings in the Valieva case before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will take place in September.