MOSCOW, Oct 22, Oleg Bogatov. Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova stated that in the situation with the call of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to declassify some of the data on the investigation of the doping case against the Russian woman Kamila Valieva, one should contact the athlete herself and her coach Eteri Tutberidze for comments. Earlier, RUSADA in its The Telegram channel stated that it did not intend to publish the date of the hearing, the decision or other details in the Valieva case. It is known that the investigation has ended, the case should be considered by the Disciplinary Anti-Doping Committee (DAK). Valieva, who was 15 years old at the time of her positive doping test, is a protected person according to WADA rules. The press service of WADA on Saturday announced that it would call on RUSADA to make public the relevant amount of information on the figure skater's case.
" . — There is herself (Valiyeva), who, apparently, communicated with them, and she has a coach Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze, who is absolutely in the know. These are their questions, and these questions are serious".
Valiyeva, as part of the Russian team, became the winner of the team tournament at the 2022 Olympics. Immediately after that, it became known that the doping test of the figure skater on December 25, 2021 gave a positive result for trimetazidine. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) allowed Valieva to participate in the individual tournament at the Games, where she took fourth place. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has postponed the awards ceremony for the winners of the team tournament until the end of the investigation into Valieva's case.