[Body Road News]15-year-old Russian figure skating “genius girl” Kamila Valieva (Kamila Valieva) was found in a drug test before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympicspositive reactionThe incident triggered an appeal by the International Testing Agency (ITA) on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) once morest the earlier decision of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to lift the temporary ban. IOC officials said on Saturday (12th) that they welcomed the investigation by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) into Hualiwa’s team.
Hua Liva, who helped the Russian Olympic Committee win the gold medal in the women’s figure skating team competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics earlier, is still waiting for CAS to decide on the ITA.appealIn order to know if she can play in the women’s individual figure skating competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics as usual next Tuesday (15th).
Because Hua Liwa is only 15 years old and is a minor, she was tested positive for a banned heart drug, Trimetazidine, triggering criticisms regarding the role of adults around her in the incident. question.
“The entourage has been ignored in the past and, as always, the IOC welcomes an investigation into the entourage in all relevant cases,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams told a news conference on Saturday. In this case, as in all other cases, we welcome a tough stance from WADA.” Adams continued, adding that the entourage included “team doctors, coaches, and even the athletes’ parents.”
Legendary German athlete Katarina Witt, who has won two gold medals in women’s individual figure skating at the Winter Olympics, said on Friday: “Hua Liwa is just a young girl, she is the pride of the sky, her performance and grace captivated the whole world. She’s only 15 years old, she’s a minor who relies on the adults around her, and she shouldn’t be blamed for this.”
Hualiwa was tested for drugs following the 2022 Russian Figure Skating Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia on December 25 last year. A Swedish laboratory accredited by WADA tested the sample on Tuesday (8th) for the banned heart. The drug trimetazidine was positive. In response to the development, the Russian Olympic Committee and RUSADA also questioned why the laboratory took as many as six weeks to process the samples, but WADA did not respond to this.
Source: Comprehensive foreign media
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