Athletistic/Figure skating. Nikita Nagorny, Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics, shared his opinion on the positive impact of the doping scandal with figure skater Kamila Valieva on Russia.

After the Russian figure skater won gold in the team tournament at the 2022 Beijing Games, it became known that banned trimetazidine was detected during her doping test on December 25, 2021. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS ) last week found Kamila Valieva guilty of violating anti-doping rules, imposing a 4-year suspension and stripping her of all her medals as of December 25, 2021.

Nagorny expressed the opinion that such stories are also a means of promotion and influence the popularization of sports. He noted that the Russian president had previously reported a sharp increase in the popularity of figure skating in the country. Despite the negative aspects, Nagorny noted that the incident attracted people’s attention, garnered their support on social media and stimulated children’s participation in activities at the rink.

  • Zheleznyakov demanded that everyone around Valieva be tested with a lie detector


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