“There is such a thing that I feel like a bronze medalist from the Czech Republic, but I also want to support Valiev” – figure skater Sinitsyna

Figure skater Ksenia Sinitsyna said that she feels like a bronze medalist at the Russian Championship, but wants to support Kamila Valieva who was deprived of bronze due to disqualification for anti-doping rule violations.

At the end of January, 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. Thus, Sinitsyna became the bronze medalist of the 2024 Russian Championship, where Valieva was initially third.

On Sunday, Sinitsyna became third in the Spartakiad of the Strongest. Adelia Petrosyan won, Anna Frolova took second place.

— It turns out that you are now a bronze medalist at the Russian Championship.

— There is no exact clarity in the recalculations. There is such a thing that I feel like a bronze medalist, but I also want to support Kamila, I communicate well with her, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Sinitsina’s words.

Figure skating competitions within the framework of the Spartakiad of the Strongest will take place in Magnitogorsk from February 16 to 18.