Kamila Valieva burst onto the world stage on the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Lausanne, Switzerland:
Russian skater Kamila Valieva claimed {that a} strawberry dessert made by her grandfather on a board he used to crush his tablets might have been the reason for her constructive doping check.
Valieva, as soon as a 15-year-old gold medal favorite, was banned for 4 years final month after testing constructive for the banned coronary heart medicine trimetazidine in December 2021.
The total report of the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) verdict revealed on Wednesday acknowledged Valieva claimed the drug might have entered her system by consuming contaminated meals shortly earlier than the Russian Championships in 2021, “i.e. by the consumption of a strawberry dessert ready by her grandfather on the chopping board the place he used to crush his medicine”.
Valieva has additionally prior to now blamed “contamination by cutlery” she shared together with her grandfather, who was handled with trimetazidine after receiving a synthetic coronary heart, and who drove her to coaching day by day.
One other rationalization Valieva has provided is that she may need shared a glass utilized by her grandfather to take his medicine.
There may be some doubt in regards to the worth to athletes of trimetazidine, which is generally used to deal with angina. It has been banned by the World Anti-Doping Company (WADA) since 2014. Its uncomfortable side effects embody gait problems and hallucinations.
Valieva, who’s now 17, burst onto the world stage on the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics when she grew to become the primary feminine skater to land a quadruple leap and gained staff determine skating gold.
A Russian Anti-Doping Company investigation initially discovered Valieva bore “no fault or negligence” for the constructive check, however WADA appealed in opposition to that ruling at CAS.
The Determine Skating Federation of Russia has mentioned it “categorically” disagrees with the CAS choice.
Valieva’s ends in competitors since her failed check have been expunged.
The staff gold medal she helped the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to win in Beijing has been awarded to the USA, with the Russians slipping to the bronze medal place, with out the contribution from Valieva.
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