Russian State Duma Deputy Svetlana Zhurova believes that if she had questions about doping, the figure skater could not be included in the national team for team competitions of the Olympics.
“The victory of the Russian team in the Olympics is on the agenda. The next teams are eager to get medals. We understand that if Valieva had been asked questions, she would not have been included in the team. But they deliberately resisted until the team had already performed. He has a commitment from the beginning to the end of this case. We would have won the Olympics anyway. We have very strong girls, another athlete can replace Valieva. For me, this is speculation, ”said Zhurova socialbites.ca.
Recall that during the 2022 Olympics, a doping scandal broke out around the athlete. A banned substance was found in a sample that Valieva gave in December 2021. They wanted to remove him from participating in the Games.
On January 13, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that RUSADA notified him of the organization’s court decision to acquit Valieva, who was not guilty of violating its anti-doping rule. But the athlete was deprived of the gold medal of the Russian Championship in 2021.
Veronika Loginova, former Director General of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) announced the organization’s decision to apply to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) with a request for a warning to figure skater Kamila Valieva in the doping case.