Beijing, February 9, Anatoly Samokhvalov. The Ministry of Sports of Russia considers it premature to comment on information about the dubious doping test of figure skater Kamila Valieva that appeared in the media, the press service of the department reported. test of a 15-year-old figure skater.» The Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation considers it premature to comment on the information that appeared in the media related to the postponement of the awards ceremony for the winners in the team figure skating competitions at the Beijing Games until the official information appears. The position of the Russian Federation is to steadily and consistently countering all types of violations of sports rules and Olympic ethics,» the ministry said. Monday, Russian skaters won the team tournament at the Beijing Games. The Russian national team included Mark Kondratyuk, Valieva, Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov (pair skating), Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov (ice dancing). The US team won silver medals, the Japanese team — bronze. Valieva won in both programs. After that, the awards ceremony was supposed to take place, which did not take place on time. Valieva is in her first season in adult skating and has not lost a single competition in which she took part. She has won the European and Russian championships, she also holds world records in both programs and in total points.
