Andrey SimonenkoCorrespondent SportAll materialsOn Friday, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) announced that it did not intend to announce the details of the doping case of the winner of the Beijing Olympics as part of the Russian figure skaters team Kamila Valieva, including the final verdict. The Sport correspondent discusses whether it will be possible to prevent the secret from turning into an open secret. In its statement, RUSADA never mentioned Kamila Valieva, but it became clear to everyone that it was about her, since «the figure skater from the ROC team», as stated in the release, in The status of a protected person can be only one. Only one Valieva during the Beijing Olympics was under 16 years old, and athletes who competed in international tournaments in the adult category have this status exactly until they reach this age, and not until the age of majority. By the way, Valieva is already 16, but according to the anti-doping According to the Code, an athlete becomes a protected person at the time of a doping violation, and it happened on December 25, 2021, when a sample was taken from the then 15-year-old Kamila at the Russian Championships, which tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine. A positive test became known the day after the end of the team tournament of the Games. What happened next, everyone remembers: at first, Valiyeva, already in the rank of champion «commander» RUSADA, was removed from individual competitions, then she was allowed again, this decision was challenged by three organizations — the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Skating Union (ISU) in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The court allowed Valieva to the personal tournament, but there the athlete, unable to cope with the psychological stress, broke the free program and became only the fourth, although she was considered the main contender for victory. And the IOC, which has postponed the awards ceremony for the winners of the team tournament several times, said that it would hold it only after the completion of the investigation into Valieva's case.
