St. Petersburg, Sep 21, Dmitry Edigarev. The head of the Sambo-70 Sports and Education Center Renat Laishev said that the information that the B doping test of the Olympic champion Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva turned out to be positive is unreliable and all this could be a provocation. Earlier Twitter account The Skating Lesson, citing a source inside Sambo-70, said that the doping test for B of the athlete turned out to be positive. try to give such a result. From September 1, Valieva is no longer in Sambo-70. This is stupidity. In today's political situation, they throw a fly in the ointment at us. They want to finish off a little girl, «said Laishev. The Russian figure skating team with Valieva in the composition in February, she won the Olympic gold of the 2022 Games in Beijing in the team tournament. Shortly thereafter, it became known that Valieva's doping test dated December 25, 2021 was positive. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), despite the appeals of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Skating Union (ISU) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), allowed the Russian woman to the personal tournament of the Games. The IOC has refused to hold an awards ceremony for the team tournament winners until the investigation into the case is over.
