Athletistic/ Figure skating. Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Olympic speed skating champion Svetlana Zhurova spoke about the request of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to disqualify Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for four years. WADA accuses 17-year-old Russian of intentional doping.
“Four years of suspension from competition is an unprecedented case. Such a sanction is due to the reluctance to allow Kamila to compete, because she is definitely above everyone else. And they apparently did not find a solution other means of punishing and expelling the athlete.
It is extremely difficult to talk about the doping situation in the Valieva case. Let’s be honest, a 15 year old girl can’t go get her medication and take it herself. Perhaps the consumption of certain drugs was accidental, involuntary,” RT quotes Jourova.
The day before, on November 10, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne (Switzerland) concluded the hearing in the Kamila Valieva case. Later it became known that the court’s final decision would be published in January 2024.
Source: Sport
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