Vladimir Putin defended the Russian figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva, who gained worldwide fame at the Beijing Olympics not only for her genius on the ice, but also for her doping scandal.
We remind you that the figure skater, who turned 16 yesterday (April 26), impressed everyone with her performance and led Russia to gold in the team competition, but days later there was a problem with her doping test, given a few months earlier.
The substance trimetazidine was found in it, which is taken for angina and by people with heart problems.
During an official reception hosted by Vladimir Putin for all Olympic champions since the last Winter Games, the Russian president defended the young figure skater.
“She engulfed everyone with her talent. She fulfilled all the most difficult elements in sports with beauty, tenderness, strength and plasticity, and with her work she took sports to another level.
Such perfection cannot be achieved with banned substances and manipulations. We all know that such substances are not used in sports such as figure skating, “Putin said.
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