At the 2024 Strongest Spartakiad, fans supported Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who was disqualified for a violation of anti-doping rules. This was reported by “Sports Express”.
During the warm-up before the free program of the strongest group of women, fans hung banners on the podium.
“Camila, this is for love,” fans wrote on the banner.
On January 29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) found Kamila Valieva guilty of doping and disqualified the athlete for four years. He will not be able to compete in tournaments until December 2025.
On February 7, CAS published its reasoning. The Russian side claimed that the banned substance entered Valieva’s body as a result of eating the dessert prepared by her grandfather. The figure skater was deprived of gold medals at the Russian Championships, European Championships and Olympic Games in Beijing.
The Spartakiad of the strongest was won by Eteri Tutberidze’s student Adelia Petrosyan, Anna Frolova came second and Ksenia Sinitsyna was in the top three.
Previously Tatyana Tarasova was praised Valiev.