Olympic champion in cross-country skiing Alexander Legkov appreciated the talent of figure skater Kamila Valieva and commented on the athlete’s doping scandal at the Beijing Olympics.
“I’m not at all sure what happened there. They said about doping during the Olympics, what for? The same test was held on the twentieth of December. Yes, everything was already known. It turned out at the Olympics. This was done to bring the Russian team down on one knee or even two knees. There I do not know exactly what happened, but the fifteen-year-old girl absolutely does not need medicine, ”says Legkov “Daytime sport”.
Recall that during Valieva’s participation in the 2022 Olympics, a doping scandal broke out. A prohibited substance was found in the sample of the athlete he passed by in December 2021. They wanted to exclude the Russian woman from participating in the Games. Literally the day before the start of individual competitions for women, it was decided to accept her into the tournament.
As a result, Valieva took fourth place. She became the leader after the short program, but lost the lead after a few mistakes in the free skating she. Russian skaters Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova took first and second places, respectively.
Previously, Valieva and Trusova refused to speak to the press Eteri Tutberidze’s “Champions on Ice”.