Russian doctor commented on Valieva’s doping test

Sports doctor Valentin Belyaevsky in an interview with TASS commented on the message of the American anti-doping agency that three drugs for the heart were found in the doping test of the Russian figure skater Valieva. According to him, the combination of trimetazidine with other drugs does not make sense.

“The use of hypoxene and L-carnitine in sports medicine is quite common. This is one of the most, one might say, popular substances. But hypoxen is no longer used right now, it is an old Soviet drug, it is useless, ”said Belyaevsky.

The doctor explained that L-carnitine is a popular sports supplement that does not affect the result. “You can even drink liters of it, nothing will happen. Athletes are given sufficiently large vitamin complexes to maintain, ”the specialist noted.

The use of these drugs in conjunction, according to Belyaevsky, does not make any sense. He called hypoxen, which was also identified in the athlete’s test, “junk that was used in the 90s.”

“If an athlete tells me that he uses hypoxen, then this is an indicator that some 60-year-old coach advised him. It does not work at all, there are no clinical studies on the drug, you can eat it in batches – it’s useless. I have not heard that it was combined with something, especially with trimetazidine, ”said Belyaevsky.

The specialist emphasized that the Russian figure skater can use drugs approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Earlier, the NYT reported that in the doping test of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, three drugs were found to improve heart function, which together can be aimed at increasing endurance. According to the head of the organization, Travis Tygart, a doping test of a 15-year-old athlete found trimetazidine, L-carnitine and hypoxen. Of these, only trimetazidine is included in the list of drugs prohibited for athletes.