MOSCOW, February 17 Ukrainian skier Valentina Kaminskaya, who passed a positive doping test at the Beijing Olympics, announced her retirement. On Wednesday, the International Testing Agency (ITA) announced the temporary suspension of Kaminskaya due to suspected anti-doping rule violations. In a doping test of a 34-year-old athlete who was taken on February 10 in Beijing, Mesterolone (an anabolic steroid) and heptaminol (a stimulant) were found. I am writing these words in my heart and I still can't get my head around that this all (happened) and that this way.I just can't believe it.The shocking news about my doping test at the Olympics is a real disaster and almost the end of the world for me.It's there was a point-blank shot from a nuclear weapon that destroyed me and wiped me off the face of the earth,» Kaminskaya wrote on her Instagram page. The skier emphasizes that she never intentionally took the banned substances found in her doping test at the Olympics, but she will not appeal the decision of the anti-doping authorities.
