After the disqualification of Kamila Valieva, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should consider banning treatment exceptions altogether, former CSKA Moscow football player Valery Masalitin said in an interview with socialbites.ca.
According to him, there cannot be athletes who are allowed to take prohibited substances as an exception.
“The sport needs to be cleaned up so that there are no people who take banned drugs as an exception for therapeutic purposes. If you have health problems, please enter another category. Everyone needs to be clean, then there will be no talk of fraud. And then everyone has certificates, there is some kind of disease, everyone is a he takes some kind of pills, it is not clear what they are. And they are all closed, no one knows anything. Maybe a disabled person is talking?
They have a gymnast there (Simone Biles, Olympic champion from the USA – socialbites.ca note) – she looks like some kind of guy, just a guy. How can he perform with these hormones? And there is nothing, everyone is fine,” said Masalitin.
On January 29, CAS sentenced Kamila Valieva to a four-year suspension for violating anti-doping rules due to the presence of a banned substance in her blood. The penalty period begins in December 2021.
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.
Previously, Valery Masalitin did not exclude Kamila Valieva can Throw away the doping.