Andrey SenchenkoSport correspondentAll materialsEmail to the authorThe doping story with the Russian forward «Colorado Avalanche» Valery Nichushkin ended with a happy ending. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has decided to close the case and drop all charges against the 27-year-old forward. This was announced on Tuesday by the press service of the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR). «The International Ice Hockey Federation will not initiate a disqualification of Valery Nichushkin for an anti-doping rule violation. This became possible after the results of additional studies by the Swiss Doping Laboratory. The IIHF notified Nichushkin that all the charges against the player are dropped. The Russian Ice Hockey Federation will be glad to see Valery in the national team after the team returns to the international arena,» the message says. sample of the Russian super-forward, taken from him back in the spring of 2013. Versions on the journalistic sidelines were called different. Some sources claimed that Val «failed» on testosterone tests, others pointed to the activities of the infamous Grigory Rodchenkov. It was reported that one of the perpetrators of the doping scandal in Russia allegedly signaled a falsified sample taken from Nichushkin at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. Most interestingly, the anti-doping disciplinary authorities persuaded the hockey player to plead guilty in exchange for a reduced conviction. In the worst case, the new Stanley Cup winner in the Avalanche was threatened with a four-year suspension. Naturally, Valery did not agree to such a deal.
