Rodnina on the deprivation of Valieva’s presidential scholarship: it will not be paid for life
Three-time Olympic champion and State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina appreciated the deprivation of figure skater Kamila Valieva of a scholarship from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Her words are quoted by Sport24.
Rodnina stated that the scholarship is not paid for life. She added that to receive it you need to be part of the Russian national team. “Only Olympic champions receive this scholarship, and she is deprived of a gold medal. That’s all!” – added the deputy.
On March 25, it became known that Valieva stopped receiving a presidential scholarship. The reason was her disqualification for violating anti-doping rules by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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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