Athletistic / Figure skating. Famous American journalist Philip Hersh shared his opinion on the doping scandal surrounding Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. At the end of January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne (Switzerland) suspended a 17-year-old Russian girl from professional sport for four years for using trimetazidine.
“To begin with, she must admit that it was a mistake. And then it would be nice to apologize – Valieva cannot do anything else. It is important for her to say that she did not know that she was taking a banned drug.”, that there was no intention in his actions. And to do all this sincerely. If she really wants to return to competitions, then she needs to start by apologizing,” Hersh was quoted as saying by Sports.Ru.
On January 29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) published its decision in the Kamila Valieva case. The Russian athlete was disqualified for four years (the suspension is effective December 25, 2021). All of his results from that date were canceled. For this reason, on January 30, the International Skating Union (ISU) revised the results of the team figure skating tournament at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games: as a result, the Russian team, due to the disqualification of Valieva , went from first to third. place, and the American team was recognized as champions.
Source: Sport
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