According to the Rbc newspaper, the 15-year-old was checked in Russia before the Games: the banned substance found in Kamila is trimetazidine, a stimulant to treat heart problems.
Confirmation from Russia: Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned drug that is used to treat the heart. The 15-year-old figure skater tested positive for doping before her arrival at the Beijing Olympics. So reports the Russian newspaper Rbc, and today it will be known whether the baby skating phenomenon will be deprived of the team gold medal won at the beginning of the week. The substance had reportedly surfaced in control in December, when 15-year-old Valieva was still in Russia and before she won the European championship in Estonia, but it didn’t come to light until the skater contributed to the extraordinary triumph in both. short program and free one.
Heart medication
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The drug, trimetazidine, is used to treat angina – a type of chest pain characterized by reduced blood supply to the heart – and is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, classified as a stimulant. It is the same substance found in the case of the Russian bobsleigh at the 2018 Olympics which ended with an admission of the athletes, banned for eight months. Chinese swimming Olympian Sun Yang was also disqualified for the same substance. It is not yet clear whether Valieva has heart problems. There are legal problems for doping cases involving minors: according to the rules of the World Anti-Doping Code, an athlete who is under the age of 16 at the time of the violation cannot be formally identified. The case remains open: today sensational developments are expected. If the Russian team were disqualified, gold would go to the US, silver to Japan and bronze to Canada. It is not clear whether Valieva would have been allowed to participate in the individual competition.
February 10, 2022 (change February 10, 2022 | 02:27)
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