After figure skater Kamila Valieva checked favorable on a 2021 Russian nationwide competitors drug test, her defense indicated cross contamination in her grandpa’s kitchen area.
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For Kamila Valievathis result was far from sweet.
The distinguished Russian figure skater got a 4 year restriction in early February 2024 from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after checking favorable for TMZ (trimetazidine) throughout a 2021 competitors.
The 17-year-old’s legal representatives kept that the drug– which is a restricted compound in sport for its capability to make the heart function much better– ended up in her system after consuming her grandpa’s strawberry dessert, according to NBC News
Kamila’s attorneys declared that her grandpa– who supposedly has actually taken TMZ for a heart disease considering that 2018– might have unintentionally polluted a dessert he produced her ahead of the 2021 Russian nationwide competitors, as he utilized the exact same slicing board to prepare the meal as he did to squash his heart medication.
In CAS filesthe figure skater declared to have actually consumed her grandpa’s dessert “by bits” throughout the 2021 competitors.
And while the three-person CAS panel explained her as “a truthful, uncomplicated and reputable witness,” Kamila’s strawberry dessert story had no “concrete” proof besides her grandpa’s word that he was utilizing the drug.
As the court put it, per NBC News, “There are a lot of imperfections in the proof, and a lot of unanswered concerns, for the panel to choose that her account is most likely than not.”
E! News has actually connected to Kamila’s legal representatives for remark however has actually not heard back.
Her favorable outcome was taken throughout a 2021 competitors, the news came as Kamila was midway through the private competitors throughout the 2022 Beijing Winter OlympicsAt that point, the professional athlete had actually currently won gold as part of Russia’s competitors group.
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In the after-effects, the group was disqualified, and reallocated the bronze medal with Kamila’s ratings removed from their overall. Kamilathen-15-years-old, was permitted to continue to complete in the private competitors, however she did not carry out in addition to fans anticipated under the analysis of her favorable drug test– and stopped working to medal, getting 4th location.
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