Coach Tatyana Tarasova named Kamila Valieva the best figure skater in Russia
Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova named the best figure skater in Russia. Her words are reported by Soviet Sport.
Tarasova said that the best Russian figure skater at the moment is Kamila Valieva. “Adelia Petrosyan can compete with her. Adelia has a very complex, technical, very good program, with two quadruple jumps,” the specialist added.
17-year-old Valieva is the world champion among juniors and European champion among adults. At the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, a figure skater as part of the Russian team won the team tournament, but the award ceremony for the winners and prize-winners was not held due to a doping scandal involving her participation. Traces of the banned drug trimetazidine were found in Valieva’s sample from December 2021.
Hearings in Valieva’s case began on September 26, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport postponed them until November. Four parties took part in the meetings – the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the figure skater herself.
Source: Lenta
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