IOC explained Oswald's words about Valieva's doping because of her grandfatherBEIJING, Feb 15, Sergey Yaremenko . The representative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Denis Oswald, speaking about the possible source of a banned substance in the doping test of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, repeated the information published in the press, the press service of the IOC reported. On Tuesday, Oswald, after the IOC briefing, said reporters that the substance found in Valieva's doping test entered the body along with the product that her grandfather used. «Oswald repeated the information that was published in the press. He himself was not present at the court session,» the IOC services. The International Doping Testing Agency (ITA) previously reported that the doping test of the Beijing Olympic champion in team competitions Valieva on 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 removed. The International Olympic Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating Union filed a protest against the lifting of the suspension from the figure skater in the Court of Arbitration for Sport. On Monday, the court rejected the appeals and allowed Valieva to compete in the Olympics.
