The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) believes that Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva used trimetazidine as treatment. This was reported by Times.
According to the publication, during the trial, WADA representatives presented their own version of how the banned drug entered the athlete’s body. The organization believes that the Russian woman took trimetazidine to restore heart function. WADA stated that in 2020, Valieva was diagnosed with “sports heart”, a series of structural and functional changes that occur in the heart of people who train for long periods of time.
On January 29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) disqualified figure skater Kamila Valieva for four years for violating anti-doping rules due to the presence of a banned substance in her blood. The penalty period will be notified starting from December 2021.
This did not prevent the athlete from competing at the Olympic Games in Beijing, where he won the gold medal in the team tournament. On January 30, the International Skating Union (ISU) reviewed the results of the competition and decided to take gold from the Russian team.
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