The adults responsible for the scandal engulfing 15-year-old Russian star Kamila Valieva – one of the youngest Olympians ever to test positive for drugs – should be banned forever, says skating legend Katarina Witt.
BEIJING, China – Russian skating prodigy Kamila Valieva’s failed drug test prior to her dazzling Winter Games team gold threw the 15-year-old’s Olympic future into doubt and reawakened global anger over Moscow’s doping history on Friday, February 11.
But the International Testing Agency said she had tested positive for banned heart drug Trimetazidine in a urine sample collected by Russian authorities back on December 25. “Kamila Valieva is absolutely a victim in this scenario. However now that we know she really did test positive to TMZ, they absolutely can NOT let her compete,” the post said.Russian athletes are already competing in Beijing as the Russian Olympic Committee – without their national flag and anthem – due to past sanctions for state-sponsored doping.
The ROC said it was taking comprehensive measures to protect its athletes and to keep an “honestly” won gold. It said Valieva’s tests were negative before and after December 25.
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