Kamila Valieva will be permitted to continue skating in Beijing 2022 after positive drug test

[symphonicdream]

Today in [pretends to be shocked] news, Russian coaches and athletes continue to face no consequences for doping.

Kamila Valieva was in the news last week for helping Russiathe Russian Olympic Committee secure a gold medal in the figure skating team event, and also two days later for drug test results coming in as positive for Trimetzidine (

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[anachan87]

and Carolina Kostner ended up HOW LONG suspended and FOR WHAT?

[anachan87]

for those who actually don't know.

Carolina Kostner was banned for almost 2 years from competing in ice skating because she lied that her boyfriend (also an athlete) was not home thus he could not take a doping test.

[anachan87]

no, she lied to the anti-doping agency inspectors.

(i was never into ice skating so I don't know all the details, so some details might be wrong, so i'll jsut cp from Alex Schwarzer's wiki)

"Schwazer's girlfriend at the time of the offence, figure skater Carolina Kostner, later admitted to prosecutors in Bolzano that she had lied to inspectors from the World Anti-Doping Agency shortly before the 2012 Games when they visited her home looking for Schwazer, claiming that he was not there so he could avoid being tested."

[xo_infinite_xo]

...I mean you should absolutely be punished for helping other athletes dope? And as a high performance athlete herself she would've known exactly what she was doing.