Athletistic/Figure skating. Figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze has expressed puzzlement over how Kamila Valieva was admitted to the Olympics if her tests were questionable.

Valieva helped the Russian team win gold in the team competition at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Before the individual competitions, it became known that the banned drug trimetazidine was present in her doping test at the Championships. from Russia in December. The Sports Court (CAS) allowed the Russian to participate in the individual competitions of the Games, where she took fourth place.

“I wish everyone who was involved in this process would take a polygraph test. I want to know the truth! Where did this come from? I will probably never get an answer to this question.

We know for sure that if athletes are allowed to compete in the Olympics, they are all clean. The coach then chooses who will compete in the team competition and can take anyone. It’s a strategy kept secret, which will do it… It’s like that in any team. In any case, all these athletes are clean.

How come an athlete whose testing was suspended made it to the Olympics? After the Russian Championships, she took a test in Europe, and it was clear. At the Olympics, after the short program, everything is clean. Question: If they had a “suspended” analysis, how was she allowed to compete in the Olympics? They had to check it again, make sure it was ready. They should not have allowed the athlete to enter the Olympic village,” Tutberidze said in the “Comment Trainer” program.

In January this year, the anti-doping disciplinary committee of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (DAK RUSADA) ruled that, despite Valieva’s violation of anti-doping rules, she had “no fault or negligence” in this regard. The athlete avoided any sanctions, except for the cancellation of his results on the date of sample collection – December 25, 2021. RUSADA, the International Skating Union (ISU) and the World Anti-Doping Agency ( AMA) subsequently filed appeals with the CAS, which were consolidated into a single proceeding.

The CAS hearings took place from September 26 to 28, after which it was announced that they would resume on November 9 and 10.

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