Sergei Alekseev, head of the sports law commission of the Russian Lawyers Union, compared the doping cases of Russian tennis player Kamila Valieva and Polish tennis player Iga Szwiatek, the world’s second racket, whose doping tests found the same banned drug. . His words guide the way “Sports every day”.
He stated that Valieva’s sentence was severe and that if the drug actually entered her system, it was against her will.
“Referees can limit themselves to a warning or even disqualification for not more than six months. “Therefore, if we decide on similar drug-related cases involving Šwiatek, Jannik Sinner and 23 Chinese swimmers on the eve of the Tokyo Olympics, there is a double standard in resolving these sports disputes,” he said.
Valieva was disqualified for four years at the beginning of 2024 due to trimetazidine found in her doping sample. The athlete took the test, which gave a positive result, at the Russian Championship in 2021. The main theory was that the illegal drug had entered his system due to his grandfather’s medication.
Schwiatek on 28 November in August 2024 passed The sample in which this drug was also detected. He received a one-month suspension and missed three tournaments in Seoul, Beijing and Wuhan. He also lost out on the prize money he won at the competition in Cincinnati. This was the tournament after he tested positive for a banned drug.
Previously Tatyana Tarasova stated To the injustice in the Shventek case because of Valieva.
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Source: Gazeta
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