[MTVN]

Teenage Russian figure skater, Kamila Valieva, failed a drugs test in December, the International Testing Agency has confirmed.

The 15-year-old helped win team figure skating gold for the Russian Olympic Committee on Monday but the medals were not awarded because of a "legal issue".

The Russian Anti Doping Agency (Rusada) lifted her suspension, enabling her to continue at the Beijing Games.

The International Olympic Committee has now appealed against that decision.

As has the International Skating Union, calling on the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) to reinstate Valieva's provisional suspension.

The ITA said Valieva, who was the first female skater to land a quadruple jump in competition, had a sample collected on Christmas Day at the Russian Figure Skating Championships in St Petersburg.

It was sent to the World Anti Doping Agency (Wada)-accredited laboratory in Stockholm, Sweden.

The result was only reported on 8 February, the day after she won team gold but before the medal ceremony had taken place.

Valieva tested positive for trimetazidine, which is used in the prevention of angina attacks, but is on the Wada banned list because it is classed as a cardiac metabolic modulator and has been proven to improve physical efficiency.

She was provisionally suspended but challenged the decision and Rusada agreed to lift it on 9 February.

Cas will now hear the case before her scheduled appearance in the individual event, which starts on Tuesday, 15 February.

Valieva, who is favourite for the women's singles, has been seen training at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing.

Full story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/60329120

Pretty depressing story, partly for showing that Russia is still at it and for a 15 year old girl to be doping she's obviously under some very malign influences, feel pretty sorry for her

[arista]

Yes Good you posted this


Nicky seems ignores these,
things.



They are going to look into this before
the next event on tuesday.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes Good you posted this


Nicky seems ignores these,
things.



They are going to look into this before
the next event on tuesday.

i don't care about these things


i focus on the sports, but a shame these clickbait news tabloids exist still

[arista]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

i don't care about these things


i focus on the sports, but a shame these clickbait news tabloids exist still

MTVN gave a BBC link


Nicky this is the Sports
Headline News


Stinking Russian Corruption
is every time.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by arista

MTVN gave a BBC link


Nicky this is the Sports
Headline News


Stinking Russian Corruption
is every time.

what do i care about the BBC morons

[arista]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

what do i care about the BBC morons

Its not a Crap Newspaper

[arista]

[bots]

russia clearly just dont care, they have no intention of giving up doping and i don't understand why their athletes are still allowed to compete under a different banner. Itr makes no sense. If the authorities want to stop it, they need to ban the athletes

[arista]

Confirmed she had a Banned Substance


No medal handed out.

[Crimson Dynamo]

i think we should scrap all Olympics as the chinese and russians have been cheating for decades and will continue to

[arista]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i think we should scrap all Olympics as the chinese and russians have been cheating for decades and will continue to

Good Points

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i think we should scrap all Olympics as the chinese and russians have been cheating for decades and will continue to

you would want to ruin everything for us youths

[glib]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

you would want to ruin everything for us youths

No youths watch the Olympics I’m afraid to say

[glib]

Swear Russia got banned from all sporting events a few years back? Or did they create a new state to go under.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by glib

Swear Russia got banned from all sporting events a few years back? Or did they create a new state to go under.

ROC (Russian olympic comittee)

[UserSince2005]

what a junkie, get a grip girl.

[Nicky91]

fake news



another bit of western lies towards Russia

[arista]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

fake news



another bit of western lies towards Russia

No Nicky it was a Legit test result



Be Fair.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by arista

No Nicky it was a Legit test result



Be Fair.

test results can be false positives though


but no, the west once again quickly covered this, prejudices against russia once more

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

test results can be false positives though


but no, the west once again quickly covered this, prejudices against russia once more

Oh give it a rest Nicky fgs

[arista]

Because of her age
they have let her off, for now
she can continue.

But no word if she gets her medal back



All Media

[arista]

[MTVN]

She was favourite going into the final skate but fell several times on her last routine and ended up 4th

Feel very sorry for her, not surprising she couldn't cope in the end

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

She was favourite going into the final skate but fell several times on her last routine and ended up 4th

Feel very sorry for her, not surprising she couldn't cope in the end

They should have pulled her from the competition. I do feel sorry for her, she's a kid and she's not responsible for the drugs however rules are rules and it's unfair on the other competitors

[bots]

i feel sorry for her, she has been manipulated by the russian sporting federation. However, if she was old enough to enter the competition, she is old enough to abide by the rules. She should have been disqualified. I think that would have been an easier lesson to learn than having the spotlight on her