Team gold medalist at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kamila Valieva, then aged 15, tested positive for trimetazidine. After two years of imbroglio, the International Skating Federation withdrew Kamila Valieva’s points from the Russian team at the end of January 2024.
“Provide joy again”
“Of course, I’m thinking of getting back into sport”said the first skater to land a quadruple jump at the Olympics, according to the news agency RIA Novosti.
“Leaving a sporting career so young would probably be stupid. I will make every effort to bring joy to the public, myself, my coaches and, of course, all my fans again.”she added.
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According to her, the banned product, prescribed for heart problems, could have been ingested by eating a “strawberry dessert made by his grandfather on the cutting board where he used to crush his medicine”.
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