Rodnina on Valieva’s return to sport: “It will depend on Kamila’s psyche”

Three-time Olympic champion Irina Rodnina responded to the question of whether the figure skater disqualified for doping would return to the sport. Kamila Valieva .

On Monday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (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.

— Will Valieva return to sport? It will depend on his psyche: how much desire he has left to do something in this sport after everything that has happened. No one knows what’s going through Camila’s head right now. Of course, I would like to see his magic again on the ice,” Rodnina told RB Sport.

The CAS decision led to a review of the results of the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympics, where the Russian team won. First place is now awarded to the American team, the Japanese are second and the Russians will receive bronze. Valieva is also deprived of gold at the 2022 European Championship.

RB Sport