“This is a very complicated and controversial situation,” said Eteri Tutberidze, who spoke on the matter for the first time on Saturday on the Russian government television Pervy Kana³. It is, of course, about a 15-year-old student with whom the Russian Olympic Committee won in the team skating rivalry on Monday at the Olympics.
, because the medal ceremony has not yet taken place. On Friday, the International Research Agency (ITA) confirmed that at the end of December Walijewa had tested positive for doping. It is not yet known how this will affect the 15-year-old’s performance in Beijing, but trimetazidine has been detected in her body.
Trimetazidine is a drug used in ischemic heart disease, but also contributes to the acceleration of metabolism and an increase in exercise tolerance. For this reason, since 2013, it has been on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List. – It has a similar mechanism of action to meldonium, which became popular a few years ago due to the positive result of anti-doping tests by Maria Sharapova -.
“We are absolutely convinced that Kami³a is innocent”
“It is all very complicated, controversial and difficult,” repeated Tutberidze again on Saturday. But despite these doubts, the Russian trainer also made it very clear: “We are all absolutely convinced that Kamiła is innocent and pure.”
Tutberidze added that she did not understand how the Walijew Laboratory in Stockholm took more than six weeks to report that the urine sample that the skimmer sent on December 25 showed signs of increased endurance. trimetazidine. “Either it’s a fatal coincidence or it’s been skillfully planned. I hope that our officials will not leave us now and will defend our rights, stressed Tutberidze.
Several dozen photojournalists squeezed into the ice rink
A voice on this issue that revealed that he had spoken to Walijew twice and that he was doubly convinced that the young skater was completely innocent. However, this will be decided only on Sunday. It is supposed to be a fair day, because then Walijewa will be interrogated.
If Walijewa turns out to be innocent – it is speculated that the trimetazidine in her body may have come from the drug for angina she was taking – the young Russian woman will take part in the soloists’ performance scheduled for Tuesday. The final decision as to whether the 15-year-old will then go to the surface is to be known no later than the day before the competition, that is on Monday.
However, Walijewa in Beijing trains all the time. On Saturday – as reported by the New York Times – about 50 photojournalists squeezed into the rink to watch her training session. Walijewa then shared the ice with another skater – her teammate, 17-year-old Anna Szczerbakova, who is also trained by Tutberiga – but she was the main object of interest.
“The shutter release clicked when Walijewa tripped on a jump. But she was a jumping machine for most of the sessions. She released at least a half-dozen quadruple jumps, as if her body had been programmed to do them,” reports the New York Times.
Source: Sport
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