This is one of the most famous stories at the Beijing Winter Games. The 15-year-old girl became the first competitor in the history of the Olympic Games to successfully perform a four-fold jump (twice). Thanks to her phenomenal performance, Russian athletes won gold. Or rather: they were supposed to win because the medal ceremony did not take place.
The awarding of the medals was canceled because it turned out that an illegal substance – trimetazidine was detected in the body of a young Russian woman. The sample of the 15-year-old girl was collected on December 25, ie one and a half months ago. Trimetazidine is a drug used in ischemic heart disease, it has a cardioprotective effect, ie it protects the cells of the heart muscle. strictly forbids this chemical.
The Russian Olympic Committee is confident. Strong statement
The portal insidethegames.biz quoted the official position of the Russian Olympic Committee on this matter, which is convinced that the Olympic gold of the Russian players deserve, and that Kamil Walijewa should be allowed to continue the competition.
“Considering the fact that a positive athlete’s sample was not collected during the Olympic Games, its result and the results of the entire team in the team competition at the Olympics are not a subject for verification” – reads the official statement of the Russian Olympic Committee .
“The Russian Olympic Committee will use its best endeavors to defend the rights and interests of its athletes so that they may maintain their gold medals won in fair combat. The ROC also assumes that a full investigation will be carried out to establish the actual causes and circumstances. those of what happened “- continued.
The ROC also added that “Walijewa repeatedly underwent doping tests before and after December 25, including those already carried out on and all results were negative. The competitor has the right to train and participate in all competitions without any restrictions. unless the Arbitration Tribunal for Sport decides otherwise on her status at the Olympics. “
Source: Sport
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