Rodnina: figure skater Valieva’s return to the sport will depend on her psyche
Three-time Olympic champion and now State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina made a forecast for the return of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to the sport after disqualification. Her words are quoted by Bookmakers Rating.
Rodnina said that the 17-year-old athlete’s return to the ice will depend on her psyche. “How much desire remains to do something in this sport after everything that happened. Nobody knows what’s going on in Camila’s head now,” she said.
On January 29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended Valieva for four years. The period of suspension starts on December 25, 2021. According to the court, Valieva could not prove that she took doping unintentionally.
Thus, the athlete was deprived of gold for winning the team tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing as part of the Russian team. In addition, she was left without the title of champion of Russia and Europe.
The doping scandal surrounding Valieva unfolded at the 2022 Olympic Games. Traces of the banned drug trimetazidine were found in the skater’s sample from December 2021. At the same time, CAS allowed her to participate in the individual tournament, where she took fourth place.
Source: Lenta
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