A well-thought-out plan or a fatal coincidence? All of Russia suffers from a 15-year-old figure skater – Športky.sk

BEIJING – According to her coach, Russian figure skater Kamila Valiyev has fallen victim to a fatal coincidence or a well-thought-out plan in Beijing. Or both. Eteri Tutberidze is sure that the 15-year-old, who passed a positive doping test for the banned substance trimetazidine at the St. Petersburg National Championships in December, is pure and innocent.

“I’m absolutely sure. For us, it’s not a sentence, but an axiom – there’s no need to prove that.” Tutberidze told Russia’s Channel One.

Will innocence prove?

She wondered why Valiyev could have started at the Olympics when she did not pass doping control on December 25. “Either it’s a fate or a very careful plan. I don’t know, maybe both. I hope our leadership won’t let us in, defend us and prove our innocence.” said the successful coach.

According to Russian officials, the co-virus quarantine of the staff of the Stockholm laboratory that processed the sample could be responsible for the delays between the inspection and the announcement of the test results.

Valiyev helped the Russians to win the team competition in Beijing and is now waiting to see if she will be able to start among the individuals. According to the AP agency, the incumbent European champion was shaky and crying at today’s training. The ceremonial announcement of the team competition has not yet taken place.

Russia’s anti-doping agency suspended activities after the publication of a positive finding, but on Wednesday, after its protest, an independent disciplinary commission canceled the suspension. Because of this, the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which is due to rule in the coming hours. The figure skating competition will start on Tuesday with a short program.

The whole team of Russia in tension

“Our whole team is embarrassed and awaiting a decision. We are afraid of any statements so as not to break or damage anything. I do not know who decides what, but I hope that justice will somehow win.” Tutberidze said.

Trimetazidine, which her doping control revealed at her ward, helps the bloodstream. It is used to treat angina pectoris.

The case aroused great emotion, and British journalists from the insidethegames news website, who came up with the doping report, faced death threats on the Internet as well as insults from Russian colleagues. “We should all take a pacifying pill, as was said in my young days,” International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said today, according to DPA.

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