MOSCOW, Feb 15 Head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) Travis Tygart said that in the doping test of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, three drugs for the heart were found, which together can be aimed at increasing endurance, he was quoted by the New York Times newspaper. The doping test of Valieva, taken at the end of December, gave a positive result. The Court of Arbitration for Sport allowed the skater to participate in the individual Olympic tournament in Beijing. However, the awards ceremony, if Valieva gets into the top three, will not be held during the Olympics, it will take place after the end of the investigation into the case of the Russian figure skater. «This is a triple combination of substances, two of which are allowed and one is not. Apparently, they are aimed at increased stamina, decreased fatigue, and increased oxygen efficiency,» Tygart said. According to the New York Times, in addition to trimetazidine, Valieva's sample also contained hypoxen and L-carnitine, which are not on the banned drug list. On Tuesday, a representative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Denis Oswald told reporters that the substance found in Valieva's doping test entered the body along with the product that her grandfather used. As the press service of the IOC later reported, Oswald repeated the information published in the press.
