Figure skater Valieva stopped receiving a scholarship from the President of Russia due to doping
Figure skater Kamila Valieva stopped receiving a scholarship from Russian President Vladimir Putin after being disqualified for violating anti-doping rules. The Ministry of Sports reported this to TASS.
The department emphasized that due to disqualification, Valieva was excluded from the list of candidates for the Russian national team. It is noted that the amount of the presidential scholarship for Olympic champions is 52 thousand rubles per month, silver medalists – 39 thousand, bronze medalists – 30 thousand.
On March 7, the Russian Ministry of Sports excluded Valieva from the national team. In addition, she interrupted training with Eteri Tutberidze.
The reason was the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport to disqualify the athlete for doping. Traces of the banned drug trimetazidine were found in the skater’s sample from December 2021. As a result, Valieva was stripped of her gold for winning the team tournament at the 2022 Olympics, as well as her Russian and European champion titles. In addition, she cannot train with government money.
Source: Lenta
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