Coach Tarasova said she hates WADA because of bias in the Valieva case
Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova announced the bias of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) towards the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. Her words are quoted by TASS.
Tarasova said that she hates WADA for the verdict in the Valieva case. “Here is an attitude towards the country, towards a Russian girl, almost towards a child. Russian means damned. This is what it means now,” she considered.
On April 20, it became known that in January 2021, trimetazidine was detected in the samples of 23 Chinese swimmers. China said traces of the drug were found in the kitchen of the hotel where the athletes stayed during the competition. WADA did not punish the swimmers, allowing them to compete at the 2020 Olympics.
Valieva was disqualified for four years for doping. Traces of trimetazidine were found in the skater’s December 2021 sample. As a result, she was stripped of her gold for winning the team tournament at the 2022 Olympics, as well as her Russian and European titles.
Source: Lenta
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