Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who was disqualified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for violating anti-doping rules, took part in the “Route for Two” travel program. This was reported by “Championship.com”.
The episode with the participation of the figure skater will be released on February 15 on the VKontakte social network. As part of the show, Valieva will explore the sights and unusual places of Tula. The task of the heroes of the program is to find locations from photographs taken 20 years ago.
CAS’s decision to ban the athlete for four years, effective 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 the overall medals. Gold went to the US team and silver went to the Japanese team.
Student Eteri Tutberidze lost the gold medal at the Russian Championships 2022 and the gold medal at the European Championships 2022, where, among other things, a sample was taken that gave a positive result for a banned drug.
Previously in the USA statedThat Russia shouldn’t have won an Olympic medal because of Valieva.