In Russia, responded to rumors about doping at the Russian figure skater at the Olympics

Now speculation has begun to appear regarding the delay in awarding figure skaters at the Olympics, but it is necessary to wait for the official one, Dmitry Svishchev, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, told Lente.ru. So he responded to rumors about problems with a doping test with a Russian athlete

Earlier it became known that the awarding of winners and prize-winners of the team figure skating tournament at the Beijing Olympics is delayed. The foreign edition of Inside the Games, citing a source, reported that the postponement of the ceremony was due to the fact that one of the Russian skaters passed a dubious doping test before the Olympics.

According to the deputy, in today’s difficult situation news agencies publish a lot of unverified information. For example, Bloomberg erroneously reported on the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“I don’t like that everything is politicized. If any athlete of any country was found to have some kind of prohibited drug or some kind of violation, this does not need to be a farce and some kind of political actions. Guilty? Get punished and that’s it. And what is going on? Again the whole world begins to hysteria: Russians, Russians, Russians. And we heard the statement of a Canadian journalist who, in general, demands the exclusion of Russian figure skaters in this sport. Let’s wait for official information,” he said.

Svishchev also expressed the hope that our athletes are not related to such a violation.

Earlier, American actor Alec Baldwin appreciated the performance of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva in the short program of the team tournament at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.