This is even more shady than usual for this sports federation.
They have such a huge history of doping that their athletes are not even really competing for the country. They know the rules so well, that they forced the gold medal winning girl not even old enough to drive, to take PED’s and if she was busted (which she was), that no one was legally allowed to say her name or what country she is from.
They destroyed that girl’s career for their own interests.
Kamila Valieva
Russia
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Russia at center of another Olympic doping controversy
Russia ran such a widespread, sophisticated and successful performance-enhancing drug operation at the 2014 Winter Olympics that the country was technically “banned” from the past three Olympic Games, including the current one in Beijing.
Now it appears their masked “replacement” — the Russian Olympic Committee — may be trying to follow the same old script.
Tuesday’s medal ceremony for the figure skating team event — won by six Russian skaters competing for the ROC — was delayed due to a legal fight over a positive drug test in the group, the International Olympic Committee said. While the controversy has stretched across three days, the IOC offered no update on Thursday morning in Beijing, citing an ongoing “legal situation” that would be handled by the World Anti-Doping Agency and other third parties.
“We have to wait with patience for this case to come to some resolution,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams said.
Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old Russian sensation, tested positive for trimetazidine, a banned heart medication, according to the Russian newspaper RBC. WADA prohibits the drug because it can aid in endurance and increase blood flow.
Valiera is the biggest star in skating despite not making her senior level debut until Oct. 7, 2021, just four months ago. She’s won every event she’s entered and has already set nine world records, including recording the three highest scores ever tallied in the sport. Her current record of 272.71 is nearly 10 percent higher than any other woman has ever scored.
Valieva made her Olympic debut Monday by leading Russia to gold in the team event. – Source
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