“For the same trimetazidine, Valieva’s Olympic gold medal was withdrawn.” Svetlana Kuznetsova – about the Schventek doping case

Winner of two Grand Slam singles tournaments Svetlana Kuznetsova noticed that the Polish tennis player Iga Swiętek received a minor disqualification period for trimetazidine found in her doping sample, while Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva received a more severe penalty for the same banned substance.

On Thursday, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said world number 2 Schwiatek had tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine. Sample was withdrawn from competition in August 2024. Szwiatek was suspended from September 12, 2024, after which she “successfully appealed and missed three tournaments”. In addition, the 23-year-old athlete was also deprived of prize money for the Cincinnati Open tournament, which took place in the United States. On November 27, Schwiatek publicly admitted to violating anti-doping rules and accepted the sanction. Time served under a temporary suspension will count toward the period of ineligibility. She will serve the remaining 8 days of disqualification during the offseason until December 4.

— As soon as Jannik Sinner’s doping passions have calmed down, it all starts again, now with Iga Šwiętek. The world number two tested positive for trimetazidine. According to the investigation, the substance entered the tennis player’s body along with contaminated medications. Iga was suspended for a month because her guilt had not been proven. The deadline expired in October. By the way, our figure skater Kamila Valieva was deprived of Olympic gold for the same trimetazidine,” Kuznetsova wrote on her Telegram channel.

In late January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules. The Russian’s suspension period begins on December 25, 2021 and her results have been canceled since that date. The athlete was deprived of, among other things, gold medals at the 2022 Olympic Games in the team tournament and at the 2022 European Championship. Trimetazidine was found in the athlete’s sample.

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