American figure skater Polina Edmunds spoke on TheSkatingLesson podcast about the behavior of Russian rivals during the finals of the Junior Grand Prix in Fukuoka in 2013.
The athlete remembered that five minutes before the start of training, the Russians took certain drugs. “They all took out small bottles and pipettes, after which they put a few drops into their mouths. They laughed and discussed it,” she said. Edmunds called it strange that the Russians, without any warm-up, began to jump the most difficult jumps and did not get tired after 40 minutes.
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In the final of the Junior Grand Prix in 2013, Russians Maria Sotskova, Serafima Sakhanovich and Evgenia Medvedeva competed, taking the first three places, respectively. Edmunds is in fourth place. The American is a champion of four continents and a two-time silver medalist of the US Championship.
During the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, the banned substance trimetazidine was found in the doping test of figure skater Kamila Valieva. The International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency sought her suspension, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport allowed the Russian woman to compete, where she took fourth place.
Source: Lenta
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