Winner of the European Bobsleigh Championships Nadezhda Sergeyeva told that their doping stories with figure skater Kamila Valieva are like a carbon copy, so it is a shame that Russian sports did not draw conclusions after the first case.
In 2018 at the Pyeongchang Olympics, Sergeeva was found to have the banned drug trimetazidine during her doping test. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) found her guilty of violating anti-doping rules and annulled her results at these Games. In October 2018, Smirnova managed to prove his innocence. On Monday, the CAS suspended Valieva for four years for using the same trimetazidine. The disqualification period begins on December 25, 2021
“I am of course very sorry that such a situation happened to him.” Just like a carbon copy, like mine at the last Olympic Games. But we have done nothing in this regard. All my work has been in vain, but FMBA is still distributing this medicine, and for some reason I’m sure the legs (in this story) are growing in the same place as mine.
—Did you think that after your story, they would draw conclusions?
“I’d like to, but they’ve all been silent.” I was lucky enough to be able to prove (my innocence). But when we went to the Olympics in China, our doctor offered me aspirin from the same manufacturer. Same thing! They still show it in the national team, nothing has changed and nothing has changed. I’m so sorry that another person was hurt because nothing was done for us.
— After this story, will anything change?
– Of course, I would like that to change, but in this situation, I don’t know all the details, but since Kamila was four years old, that means she failed to prove it. For things to change, we probably need to talk about it,” Sergeeva told .
On Tuesday, the International Skating Union (ISU) announced that all of Valieva’s results since the sample collection date had been canceled. It also led to a review of the results of the 2022 Olympic figure skating team tournament, where the Russian team won.
Source : MatchTV
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