Athletistic/Figure skating. Olympic champion in individual figure skating Alexei Yagudin spoke about the doping case of figure skater Kamila Valieva.

“Personally, I believe that Camila, naturally, did not go to the pharmacy and ask: ‘What should I choose?’ Oh, it’s a very difficult name, I can’t even pronounce it”, and then she took it herself. We have a lot of questions to which, unfortunately, we cannot find answers. For example, if my grandfather took this medicine, as officials said on Kamila’s faces and entourage, why did the grandfather refuse to speak in court? How did they fight for Kamila to the court ?

I assumed the sanction would be imposed anyway, since doping had been found in the sample. But I was shocked by the length of the sentence. I was hoping the verdict would be much milder. Four years is the maximum sentence that could be imposed on him. The entire sports world is in shock. Even Americans who fought for the American team to win Olympic gold, and American journalists admit that they did not expect such a severe punishment, ”Yagudin emphasized on the air of the program “Daring Cooking” with Laysan Utyasheva.

Recall that Valieva was disqualified for four years, starting from December 25, 2021. All results of the athlete from this date were canceled, which led to the deprivation of Valieva of the title of European champion and to the disqualification of the Russian team from “gold” in the team tournament at the Olympic Games.

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