Italian figure skater Nicole Della Monica, who performs in pairs with Matteo Guarise, expressed her sympathy for the Russian representative Kamila Valieva, who faced the doping scandal. His words lead the way RIA News.
“But I really regret the current situation because it is very difficult to go through something like this. It is a pity that journalists and the public pay so much attention to such a young athlete. Come to think of it, he was only 15 years old. This is very sad,” said Della Monica.
A scandal broke out around Valieva at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The day after the Russian team won the team tournament with Valieva, it was learned that traces of the banned drug trimetazidine were found in the doping test of student Eteri Tutberidze. Due to the investigation, the award ceremony was postponed and no medals were awarded in the tournament.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport held an on-site meeting and then allowed Valieva to participate in the individual tournament, with the condition that the award ceremony would not take place if the skater won a medal. Valieva took the lead after the short program, but made a number of serious mistakes in the free skate, which ultimately allowed her to take fourth place.
The first hearings of the Valieva case at CAS took place first in September and then in November. The decision is expected to be announced on January 29.
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