The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended Valieva for 4 years for doping and annulled her results effective December 25, 2021. She was stripped of the 2022 European champion title and the 2022 Olympic team tournament gold. Gold at the European Championship went to Russian Anna Shcherbakova,
Silver to her compatriot Alexandra Trusova, bronze to Belgian Luna Hendricks. Anna Shcherbakova almost completed the Grand Slam! Alexandra Trusova became the champion. Redistribution of medals after Valieva’s ban. Camila was deprived of most of the awards. Gold medals went to former bandmates Tutberidze. Who will win the Olympic team tournament?
Alexandra Trusova. The Russian Rocket’s career brought her first senior championship – she is the country’s best figure skater for the 2021/2022 season. Also in her collection were added awards from the European Championship – silver. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. The Empress improved her performance in the domestic championship in absentia,
Becoming the silver medalist of the Russian Championship in the 2022/2023 season. Sofia Muravyova. A student of Evgenia Plushenko became a two-time winner of the Russian jumping championship. Last year she won as a team and took silver in the individual tournament, but now she has gold for that season. Adelia Petrosyan. Pupil Eteri Tutberidze
Added bronze to her awards at the national championship for the 2021/2022 season. Veronica Yametova. This figure skater won two gold medals from the Russian Grand Prix stages in Kazan (last season) and Moscow (current season). Ksenia Sinitsyna. The athlete became the bronze medalist of the Russian Championship in the 2023/2024 season.
Team USA. Team tournament medal decision The Olympics were accepted by the ISU – gold goes to the US team. As part of it, Nathan Chen will become a two-time Olympic champion in individual and team. Kamila Valieva’s first day in the new reality. Now she is an athlete disqualified for 4 years.
Neither Kamila nor her entourage from Eteri Tutberidze’s team has such experience. And in general, stars of this magnitude have never been punished in Russian figure skating. Therefore, here are the answers to the main questions that remained after the trial. What can and cannot be done by Valieva during disqualification?
With the official starts, everything seems to be clear: the national championship and the national Grand Prix series are closed for Valieva until the end of December 2025. There are also commercial ones: a show program tournament, a Russian jumping championship,
And so on. But they are all included in the official calendar of the Figure Skating Federation – which means they are also bypassed. Of course, you can train. But with noticeable restrictions: only independently and at your own expense. In an ideal world for WADA,
This means purchasing a ticket to a public skating session. In practice, Kamila, of course, can skate on professional ice, even in the presence of Eteri Tutberidze. But then she must have an up-to-date contract on payment for the services of a coach and time at the rink.
All that remains are ice shows – and here, it seems, there is a gray area. Commercial shows are not included in any calendars, do not have the support of the federation or the Ministry of Sports and, in theory, are open to Valieva. But: – what to do with rehearsals – after all,
She will have to be on the same ice with other athletes and their coaches, and this can already be regarded as cooperation? – Eteri Tutberidze’s show “Champions on Ice” (Kamila is on the poster) – how to avoid direct interaction with Eteri on her own show?
And if it happens, how can you prove it: Tutberidze is giving advice to Adelia Petrosyan (or someone else) as a coach at a state school, and to Valieva under a private contract? Social events are an important part of the life of any Russian figure skater. Naturally,
Camila can appear as a spectator anywhere. He can even comment on competitions (again, if he has a current contract with the TV channel). But, for example, interviewing athletes at the side is more likely a no than a yes. This
Already looks like participating in a competition, which means it will be a violation of WADA rules. And it’s absolutely clear that Valieva cannot participate in award ceremonies. High jumper Andrei Silnov, who received an extra year for hanging a medal around a child’s neck, will not let him lie.
Coaching. Coaching children, even the smallest ones, is almost certainly not the case, even on private ice. The children’s team of Moscow (or any other city) starts at about 8 years old. This means that from this age the athlete is subject to anti-doping rules,
And work with Valieva will be regarded as “prohibited cooperation.” And this threatens sanctions not only for Kamila, but also for the child. What remains are training sessions with amateurs and master classes for non-professional athletes. There are no restrictions here. Judging by the first comments of Russian
Officials, this is a very likely option. And the sudden bronze medal at the Olympic Games is unlikely to reassure anyone. They all see exclusively politics in Valieva’s case. OCD says in plain text that “it is no longer possible to count on the objectivity and impartiality of CAS.”
Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin hints more vaguely: “International authorities should prioritize the protection of athletes, which, as we see today, is no longer a priority for some of them.” Tatyana Tarasova is sure that there are no obstacles for Valieva to compete within
Russia. And even the Russian Embassy in the United States (what exactly does it have to do with it?) believes that the decision is “Russophobic” and “fits into the mainstream of the hybrid war unleashed by the West.” So what will happen if the Russians simply pretend
That there was no CAS decision and continue to consider Camila an innocent Olympic champion? The FFKR will probably lose recognition from the ISU. athletes will not be able to return to international tournaments even after political sanctions are lifted.
The duration of this suspension can vary from several months to many years, as in athletics. a wave of lawsuits from other athletes disqualified for doping is likely. Several hundred athletes are currently serving sentences in Russia. Question: why can Valieva perform, but they can’t?
Russia will have to invent its own anti-doping rules. There are a lot of questions, for example: Are Russia ignoring only this CAS decision or all of them? Can trimetazidine be given to Valieva only or to everyone? What is generally considered doping – or
Does it not exist at the Russian level? In principle, the American professional leagues (NHL, NBA, NFL) have successfully coped with the task: they have their own rules within the league, which in many ways do not coincide with the WADA rules. But it
Took years to create the legal framework for this system in the United States. Will Russia cope with this online? Will there be an investigation against the coach and doctor? In theory, this investigation has already been carried out. It was dealt with by RUSADA immediately after the Olympic Games – and
The logical step was the decision of the DAK that there was no violation and Valieva was not guilty. And since there was no violation, it means there is no need to look for the staff’s guilt. Now everything is in the hands of WADA. It may ask RUSADA to send the results of its
Investigation and, if necessary, reopen it. Because since the version about the grandfather was considered untenable, it means someone else is to blame. It depends on international structures to look for other culprits or settle on Valieva alone. On the Russian side, obviously, there is no such initiative yet.
And only the IOC press service is sure: “If athletes are minors, then they depend even more on their environment.” But here’s the paradox: no one from the circle (even the grandfather, in whose involvement CAS did not believe) formally had anything to do with it. And
It looks like if Camila doesn’t tell the truth someday, things will stay that way.
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Loena gets a bronze. Now she has every color medal for Europeans.
Mam wrażenie, że nikt nie bronił tego cudownego dziecka. Nikt też się nie spodziewał tak surowych sankcji wobec Kamili. Przecież łyżwiarstwo figurowe to nie jest podnoszenie ciężarów w ukryciu. To sport spektakularny, a Kamila robi to najpiękniej. Ja tylko oglądam jej programy. Cudnie się porusza. Czy nie ma wśród tych sędziów kogoś kto widzi. Sami ślepcy tam zasiedli. Błagam zbierzcie siły i brońcie to genialne dziecko. Wasz diament narodowy. Takiego wyroku nie zna świat. To co się wydarzyło, to tylko i wyłącznie wojna.
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❤ KAMILA ❤
Да, именно- это война, война против ребёнка! И для них хороши все методы, главное, чтобы унизить и расстоптать
Россию! Вот такой теперь спорт, а может и не спорт вовсе, а политичекие грязные игры….
Камила, моё сердце и любовь- тебе! Весь мир знает- ты лучшая!❤❤❤❤😂❤❤❤❤
You mean “relieved,” not “deprived.”
be interesting to see what happens for the next 2-3 years
Kamila 💗💗💗
Kamila Valieva did not dope. She is a victim and not a perpetrator. I feel so sorry for Kamila Valieva, she doesn't deserve that. Your fans and I will always support you, you can't let yourself get down.
This decision is pathetic!😔
Meine Kleine du bist toll HDL LG 😘❣️❣️
Kamila dorogaja,ty pobedisch.Buduschtcheje Tvojo❤
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Son unos abusivos rsos señores, maltratar de esa manera a una niña!!!!!