Athletistic / Figure skating. Irina Rodnina, a three-time Olympic champion and now a State Duma deputy, commented on the support given to Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The 17-year-old athlete attended the opening ceremony of the Future Games phygital competition in Kazan and sat in the stands to the left of the head of state.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich supported Kamila Valieva with such a gesture! It seems to me that the whole country expressed its support for her. We are not returning ours!” Rodnina said, as quoted by Match TV.
On January 29, the CAS decided to find Kamila Valieva guilty of violating anti-doping rules and disqualify her for four years, until December 24, 2025. All her results since December 25, 2021 were annulled.
Note that on January 30, the International Skating Union (ISU) revised the results of the team figure skating tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing (China): the Russian team, due to the disqualification of Valieva , lost her gold medals and fell to third place. .
Source: Sport
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