Russian skater Kamila Valieva trained Sunday morning on the Olympic ice in Beijing, on the eve of the decision on this participation in the individual event, following a positive doping test for a banned substance before the Olympics. 2022, noted an AFP journalist.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), seized by international sports bodies after the lifting of its suspension by Russian anti-doping, is to meet Sunday evening in Beijing and render its decision on Monday.
On the ice, Valieva seemed calm and focused, skating as if nothing had happened, her short program, scheduled for Tuesday. She was dressed in a dark green top and black stockings.
She passed all of her jumps except for one, which didn’t seem to bother her.
Valieva also spent time chatting on the edge of the ice with her coach Eteri Tutberidze and her entire team.
Leaving the ice, the Russian went through the press area, with members of the Russian team, except Tutberidze. Everyone launched a collective “hello”, without stopping and continuing to chat in a good mood.
Valieva, 15 and crowned Olympic team champion last Monday, tested positive for trimetazidine, used to treat angina pectoris, at the end of December by the Russian anti-doping agency (Rusada), which does not received the notification of this positive result of this control only Tuesday.
Rusada, the Russian anti-doping agency immediately suspended the skater temporarily. But on Wednesday, Valieva appealed and got her suspension lifted, which allows her to continue competing at the Games and training.
