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The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, believes that the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva must be respected. He stated this at a press conference.
Recall, on February 9, it became known that the doping test of the Russian figure skater, taken on December 25, 2021 (before the start of the Olympics in Beijing) at the Russian Championship, which was held in St. Petersburg, gave a positive result for the banned cardio drug trimetazidine. After that, the athlete was conditionally suspended by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). However, Valieva protested the suspension, and RUSADA decided to lift it. The International Olympic Committee appealed this decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), but it was not granted.
“We challenged this decision, we went to court, we lost the case in court. We need to respect the rule of law, if we do not respect it, we will adjust the laws and rules for ourselves, there will be no international sport, ”TASS quotes Bach.
Moreover, today it became known that CAS confirmed the version that the banned drug could have entered the body of a Russian woman by accident. In addition, the arbitration pointed out that taking trimetazidine for figure skaters is absolutely useless, because it does not affect sports performance in any way.
In general, the IOC President considers the doping scandal around Valieva a sad story of the Beijing Olympics.
However, he said that he was unpleasantly surprised by how coldly the environment of the Russian figure skater met the athlete after her unsuccessful rental in the free program of the single tournament. “It was scary to look at how her environment met her, it seemed that it was very cold, while she needed comfort or help,” Bach complained.
Note that yesterday Valieva fell twice during a free program and took only fourth place. For the rental, the skater received 141.93 points. In terms of total performance, the Russian woman scored 224.09 points, although she was in the lead in individual competitions after the short program.
Source: Rosbalt
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