Head coach of SKA Romain Rotenberg said that the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva can perform a demonstration in the new arena of the St. Petersburg hockey team.
On Wednesday, Valieva attended the regular KHL championship match in Moscow between CSKA and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (3:2). As Alexander Kharlamov, general director of the Nizhny Novgorod team, told , the club decided to support the skater after the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to disqualify her.
— “Torpedo” invited Kamila Valieva to their match. Do you have any plans to support the figure skater?
— We always support Kamila, we invite her to our matches. So, from February 11, our team will perform at the SKA Arena. And we have already discussed it – we can do a Kamila performance at the SKA Arena. I’m sure the stands will be full for Valieva, because in Russia this athlete is very popular. And personally, I did not call Kamila, but I send her rays of support, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Rotenberg’s words.
On Monday, the CAS suspended Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules. The 17-year-old Russian’s suspension period begins on December 25, 2021, and her results have been canceled since that date.
Source : MatchTV
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