Choreographer Daniil Gleikhengauz stated on his Instagram page (the owner of the company Meta is known as an extremist and is banned in Russia) that the team of the coach with whom he works, Eteri Tutberidze, has never used doping. This statement was made after Tutberidze’s student Kamila Valieva was suspended for anti-doping rule violations.
“Our team is in favor of clean sports, there should be no doping in sports, we have never used it and we will never use it. Everyone knows we have a system. So what is the logic here? doping one of the athletes? “I don’t understand,” he said.
The decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to impose a four-year ban on the athlete, starting from December 2021, was announced on January 29.
As part of the Russian national team at the 2022 Olympic Games, Valieva took first place in the team tournament and fourth in the individual championship. After his disqualification, the International Skating Union (ISU) awarded the Russians third place, without depriving Russia of medals overall. Gold went to the US team and silver went to the Japanese team.
Previously Tatyana Tarasova statedIf he had been Tutberidze, he would have pleaded guilty in the Valieva case.