Kamila Valieva disqualified from 2022 Olympics; Russia will lose team gold

[yami_no_hoshi]

BREAKING | Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics

Canada, which placed fourth, should be upgraded to bronze 🇨🇦 https://t.co/xNiB5wu0Yp pic.twitter.com/SRDsgwmH2p
- CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) January 29, 2024
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been retroactively disqualified from the 2022 Winter Olympics,

Comments

[arilicious]

but is her coach banned? that's what I'd really like to know. cause unless she's penalized, she's just gonna keep doing this.

[daijouboo]

"Contaminated by her grandfather's heart medication" is a WILD excuse. It's almost poetic in its total absurdity.

[anterrabre]

Whomp Whomp! Quit doping your athletes!

[picturemegone]

It's the right decision. I do feel bad for her because those coaches are awful. They treat their athletes like dirt and they should be banned from the sport imo

[partyonyourhead]

I had no idea this whole drama was still going on.

Shouldn't the coach be held responsible as well?

[maggiecate]

As far as I know the authorities haven’t been able to demonstrate where the drugs came from. She has accepted accountability under the doctrine “the athlete is responsible for what goes into their body.” So unless she and others turn whistleblower they don’t bring a case against the coach.

[thebadunkadunk]

WADA released a statement saying they are urging governments to make the doping of minors a criminal offense- going after doctors and coaches