Triple world luge champion Romain Repilov sharply criticized everyone who made the decision to disqualify the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva.
On Monday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended figure skater Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules. The disqualification period begins on December 25, 2021. The International Skating Union (ISU) later announced that all of the athlete’s results from the date of sample collection had been canceled. This also led to a review of the results of the 2022 Olympics team tournament, where the Russian team won. First place is now awarded to the American team, the Japanese are second and the Russians will receive bronze.
– If we return to the situation of Kamila Valieva, then that side should be ashamed. The girl is small and talented. This is not a disqualification, it should be called something else. This is a kind of indicative situation. A humiliation, probably. It’s a shame and a disgrace.
I would love to compete in the 2026 Olympics. But there is very little respect for the Olympic movement. Since childhood, we have been told that sports are outside of politics, but in reality everything is not so cool. Our country will return there anyway; another generation will go there, who will be very motivated. I was very worried about Valieva, even at the Olympics. It’s a shame that this happened. We are all worried about her. “I wish him success in his career,” reports the correspondent of , according to Repilov’s words.
Before the personal tournament at the Beijing Olympics, it became known that the banned drug trimetazidine was found during Valieva’s doping test at the Russian Championship. The CAS allowed the Russian to participate in the individual competitions at the Games, where she finished fourth, but this result was also annulled. The athlete also lost the title of European champion, the title went to Anna Shcherbakova.
Source : MatchTV
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