MOSCOW, 12 Feb. The coach of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, Eteri Tutberidze, on the air of Channel One said that she was confident in the innocence of the athlete, who is accused of using banned substances. The International Doping Testing Agency (ITA) on Friday reported that Valieva’s doping test dated December 25 2021 tested positive for trimetazidine. The test result was handed over by the anti-doping laboratory in Stockholm on February 8. The Russian Anti-Doping Agency imposed a temporary suspension on Valiyeva — after the athlete's appeal on February 9, it was lifted. For now, she is allowed to continue competing in the Beijing Olympics. The International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) challenged the decision to lift Valieva's suspension in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). «A very controversial and difficult situation has arisen,» the Channel One website quotes Tutberidze. that we are absolutely sure that Camila is innocent and pure. And for us this is not a theorem, but an axiom — this does not need to be proven. I understand that there is some protocol of actions that cannot be dispensed with. We have not abandoned the athlete in any We are with our athletes and in trouble and in joy, to the end. It is very unclear why an athlete with dubious doping was admitted to the Olympic Games on December 25. Either this is a fatal coincidence, or a well-planned plan. We very much hope that justice will triumph.»
