Kamila Valieva is back.
Kamila Valiyeva received an honorary medal from Vladimir Putin after the Beijing Olympics. EPA / AOP
Figure skater who suffered his doping penalty Kamila Valieva19, returned to the Games on Saturday. The Russian athlete competed in the Russian championships.
The audience immediately shuddered. According to the Russian media Match TV, Valieva succeeded in the quadruple jump right after her debut. Valieva had already said before that she would try the very challenging jump in question.
He advanced to the top six in the race, and the job continues on Sunday in Moscow.
Valieva came to the attention of the whole world at the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, when it was revealed during the Games that she had already given a positive doping sample in December 2021.
Valieva was only 15 years old at the time.
The long controversy ended with Cas’ hearing, where Valieva was banned from competition for four years.
Despite her young age, Valieva has managed to gain popularity among Russian leaders. He has posed several times next to President Vladimir Putin. In 2024, Valieva sat right next to Putin to watch the opening ceremony of the Future Games that Putin started in Kazan.
President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach said then that the pictures taken of Putin and Valieva were “difficult to digest”.
