American figure skater Ashley Wagner Twitter commented on the leadership of the Russian Kamila Valieva in the short program at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.
“Now it seems real. She should not be on the Olympic ice, ”said the American. She called the performance of Valieva at the Olympics a slap in the face to the sport.
Valieva became the leader in the short program on February 15. For the rental, the 15-year-old athlete received 82.16 points. In second place is another Russian Anna Shcherbakova with 80.20 points. Third place went to Japanese Kaori Sakamoto with 79.84 points. Another Russian woman Alexandra Trusova became fourth with 74.60 points in the asset.
The skater’s free program will be shown on February 17. The start of the competition is at 13:00 Moscow time. The Beijing Olympic Games will run until February 20.
On February 14, the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the appeals of the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Olympic Committee because of Valieva’s positive doping test. As a result, she was admitted to further participation in the 2022 Olympics.
Source: Lenta
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