A new report raises more questions about 15-year-old Russian figure skating star Kamila Valieva, and how people are reacting in the Olympic bubble.
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So if the coach gives you drugs it’s ok?
And Sha'Carri Richardson got banned for THC? A non performance enhancing drug? I’m sorry but this is just straight up racism by the IOC
Only public outcry produces “intensified†investigation. Before they even started, there was already a failed drug test and a bogus decision to let her compete. I guess we’ve all recovered from our post-WW2 optimism.
SHAME on u fake ABC news/ KAMILA was FRAMED
Weed has less effect then that girls drugs
Racist
Contrary to popular opinion among younger reporters in the west, the drug test is not a test to throw out athletes out of the Olympics village upon arrival. Our own politicians spoilt us: Trump said: "Good guys always carry a concealed gun to stop a crime." So lots of people carry a gun when headed to an ATM machine booth. Every time athletes of the Russian Federation come to the Olympic village for drugs test, there young guns reporters and former athletes say that so and so from communist Russian Federation has failed a drug test in a NATO OLAN country. That so and so had been to an NATO OLAN country in December 2021 where she failed a drugs test. Contrary to popular belief the only purpose of NATO -OLAN after fall of communism in East Europe. is not to remove athletes and swimmers coining from Russian federation, but to discriminate ethnic Russians born in the Baltic countries and in Ukraine in the field of education and in getting jobs.
These young reporters have been spoilt by our own lawmakers and past presidents AND HAVE BECOME NOMSENSE REPORTERS. On a different subject, President Trump all law abiding citizens to carry a concealed gun toshoot at a bad gun or a mass murderer. So what happens: A family headed to an ATM machine. An 11 year old girl is shot by the guy who was asked by a criminal to give his money or his life. Thinking that the car with the family is a getaway car, he shot at the 11 year girl, who ignored her fathers plea to duck or tpo lower her head. vALIEVA CLEARED ALL TESTS INSIDE bEIJING 2022. Failing a drug test INSIDE THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE OR arena completely disqualifies a n athlete on the day of testing at the Olympics village. When athletes come to compete, they are TESTED. iN AN olan CPOUNTRY (NATO in Egnlish speaking countries) Camila Valieva was given a drug teassdt on Christmas day. , SOMEONE SAID ON cHRISTMAS DAUY THAT kAMILA vALIEVA HAD TRACES OF THREE HEART MEDICATIONS. This is not an automatic disqualification, as that haappened in a NATO country on a communist country athlete. The atelete on arrival is extensively tested. She came outnegative. Esplanation: She had stayed with her 89 year old grandmother and her 95 year old grandfather who had heart problemsher grandmother's hand shakes when she washed dishes. So, her explanation is that despite desting negative ineverry Beijing 2022 drug test, she hadd gotten infected by drinking from a glass that her grandgfathe4 had drunk water in to have heart medication. End of stpry. These nonsense young reporters are saying. SOME NONSENSE REPORTER OR EQUALLY NONSENSE FORMER SPORTSMAN SUCH AS
"How counld csomeone from a communist country have failed a drug test in an OLAN country? k AM OUTRAGED. tHIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUTRAGE. This is not a mathematics test in high school. If someone fails a drug test in an Olympics village (she did NOT FAIL) to fail drugs tests in the Olympuca vilage). THEY ARE ASKED TO EXPLAIN WHAT REASON SHES HE OR SHE HAS TRACES OOF A HEART MEDICATION IN HER SYSTEM.
The IOC screwed this whole thing up. Remember, Kamila's doping was found on Dec 21-25 but was never revealed until Feb when she won Gold during the team competition. Then the IOC said, there will not be any medal ceremony if, Kamila wins gold, depriving the Russians of any medal.
Now, if the IOC announce it before the team competition, the Russians could easily replace her, and still, win gold with Anna & Alexandra. And everything would have been honky dory. No drama. As it turns out if Kamila wins individual gold, there would be no medal ceremony depriving the Russians of their gold.
So, in order to have a medal ceremony and for the Russians to have their gold, the Russians conceivably have to trash Kamila's program because they know Anna & Alexandra will deliver the medals. And, that's what happened. The Russians still got their Gold!
This makes more sense now that the Duma will award Kamila not only for her Olympic 2022 but also all her world figure skating achievements.
The little and innocent Valieva ending in the top 5 despite all the diabolic and assassin propaganda of mainstream media is a miracle.
It’s a shame today to see West forcing Russia to support their neo colonial and looting wars in many parts of this world.
Just because Russia is opposed to this evil agenda and opted for the self determination of every nation no matter its power or size, it’s diabolized by the West imperialism.
Despite these diabolization campaigns supported by sattelite nations and medias, Russia is improving greatly in all domains of développement including sports.
To mask and polluate Russians ‘ achievements the politics held as hostages all international sports ‘ institutions and forcing its administration to lay pressure and maximum stressful pressure on Russian athletes.
Valieva might be still young at this stage but she will have to learn that these proofless accusations are hybrid war technics against the sovereignty of their Motherland ; as a result, they all must learn to stand firm on the rock of victorious resistance
I'm so tired of hearing about her age and because of that she is protected! She is competing against women of different ages. Same rules need to apply to ALL ATHLETES!!
News reader has great Chinese pronunciation
The test was done in December, and she was tested several times before Olympics and this meds were legal to support the heart muscles it not considered drugs even. Why they started to raize it when she started to win! She is not supposed to be accepted at the first place for Olympics. This is all political! Her instructor is very professional. Now, Russia is blamed for everything now. Political drama! Fake news, I don't even believe it. The same fake with the invasion to Ukraine. It is all lie! Russia has the huge territory, does not need the Ukraine at all. America is using Ukraine now to create the conflict.
she is so cute and smart! =) beautiful smiles
IOC is so corrupted.
I wish you US, Ukraine and Russia burn in war fire and become ashes
The IOC is corrupt
The kid gloves approach to this girl using performance enhancing drugs is astonishing. Disqualification would seem appropriate no? Like WTH is going on?
she should be sent home
She needs to come clean and admit doping, remove herself from the games and clear the way for the real athletes. Her team to be banned so they don't think twice doping again.
Winner never cheat and cheaters never win, 4th place for the favorite.
Recall Sergei Grinkov, who won 2 Olympics and died due to a heart attack when wearing skates at the age of 28. About a quarter of myocardial infarctions happen without specific premonitory symptoms. While therapeutic use of prohibited substances is possible – why is disease prevention forbidden?.. I don't say that the prohibition was intentionally violated – I say that the prohibition to prevent severe diseases is unethical. Each organism is unique and may need personalized aproach to disease prevention and treatment.
it's figure skating….relax
True medalists
Gold Kaori Sakamoto
Silver Wakaba Higuchi
Congratulations!!!
Russians are to be found doped!
Everyone criticizing and insulting Valieva should "hold their horses" until the formal investigation is concluded. The whole world ganged up against this 15-year-old girl. Words like doping, cheating, drug scanda, are freely used against her. It is cruel and inhumane, to say the least. The world’s criticism directed to her affects her performance negatively more than any drug could enhance her performance. Grow up. Stop the hysterics and be humane.
For me there is not only “reasonable doubtâ€ÂÂ. There is an enormous amount of doubt that she is guilty.
1. How did the drug get into her system?
– Accidental contamination? Very possible. See my own experience below.
– Her supporting team (coaches or doctors) fed her the drug disguised as vitamins and she did not realize what she is taking?
– She took the drug knowingly? I have a hard time to believe this but let the investigation conclude.
2. Would she, her team, ROC, etc., have sent her samples to Stockholm, or her to the Olympics, knowing or suspecting that this drug was in her body?
– I doubt it. These people are not stupid.
– They would not even have sent her to the Olympics if they knew at that time.
– Also see the last bullet in item 4 below.
3. All her tests prior to and after this 25 December 2021 test turned up negative.
– In her entire career, only this one test on 25 December 2021 turned up positive.
– All her tests in Beijing at the Olympics turned up negative.
– Coincidence?
4. Why did the lab in Stockholm take 6 weeks to publish the test results while the IOC rules are that test results must be published within 20 days?
– First they blamed the delay on COVID.
– Then they accused Russia of “slow-walking†the process.
– Lately they blame Russia for not having marked her samples as urgent or critical.
– This is absurd and all these excuses is just noise. The IOC rules state that the lab must publish the results within 20 days.
– Had Valieva or the ROC received the results within 20 days they would have had time to challenge the results and, if the results were accepted as true, they would not have sent her to the Olympics.
5. Why did the lab publish the results exactly one day after she helped her team to win gold?
– Coincidence? Questionable.
Accidental Contamination. My own experience:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I was working in a foreign country as an expat for 5 years. Every year all expats had to go for a complete and thorough medical examination. One year I failed. The testing Dr told me they detected an illegal drug in my system. I was floored as I never used drugs in my entire life. This was serious as I could go to jail in this country for this. The Dr then asked me to go and fetch all the medicine that I have in my apartment and to bring it back to him. He then identified a specific head-ache tablet, that was available in any pharmacy without a prescription, to contain the illegal substance they detected in my system.
This is how easy it can happen.
Now: Be civil. Sit back and watch this superstar perform and enjoy something beautiful. She is out of this world. An amazing athlete. Unfortunately, the psychological damage to her is already done and she will not be able to perform to her optimum for the rest of the Olympics. The overall negativity against all the ROC athletes affects them all. Thanks to you.
I don’t have a problem with the skater! But she did go along with what her coaches and team were telling her! She shouldn’t have been able to skate last night and it’s a shame that all of this overshadowing all the other skaters!
Now we know why don con likes Russia so much they lie and try to get away with and they still keep going
Dirty cheat. Ban her for life. Or give Lance Armstrong all of his trophies back.