American figure skater Nathan Chen called the disqualification of Russian Kamila Valieva a victory of pure sport CNN.
“Of course, this decision is a victory for clean sport. But the fact that all this happened; no one won here. Without clean sport, there is no integrity in our sport,” Chen said.
On January 29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended figure skater Kamila Valieva for four years, effective December 25, 2021. On this day, a sample was taken from the athlete, which was found to contain trimetazidine, a banned substance. It was learned that the test gave positive results after the victory of the Russian team in the team tournament at the 2022 Olympics held in Beijing, China.
On January 30, the ISU confirmed the new top three medals for the 2022 Olympics figure skating team tournament. After Valieva’s results were annulled, the Russian team fell from first place to third place, while gold went to the USA and silver went to Japan.
Previously Valieva Wrote More than 100 thousand comments were made on the first post after the disqualification.