Rostelecom was held in Moscow so it's possible she was not ever on site there and didn't need to be tested. They could have been waiting to see if she shook off Covid by then to have a negative test on the day the competition started. As we see Anna wants to compete under all circumstances even missed or imperfect training.
I don't know if she ever turned up for Rostelecom. Rostelecom was in Moscow where she lives and trains. She did not have to turn up there any earlier than on the day of the competition itself, if she chose not to. And then, on the day of the competition, when she had to be there, she withdrew. So we do not know really. And no one saw her test as it is, as she did not have to submit it.
The journalist who interviewed her mother wrote that it could’ve been Covid, but Anna was tested and didn’t get a positive result. So... unclear?
They have to get tested even to compete regardless of where it's held.
What did he say in the next interview? A link would be great!
We also had her team hushed up about whether Evgenia had Covid, or even Eteri. And then Evgenia repeatedly insisted it was just a heavy cold until confirming it later. Lakernik thought Eteri was training others from online, clearly those thoughts didn't come from nowhere. They're not the most trustworthy on this. And we have Gorshkov now saying Anna did have Covid at some point. Maybe not 3 days before Rostelecom if she was indeed tested 3 days before.
That she didn’t have fever when she was competing
Unsure what to make of it, but the guy doesn’t seem to know much about her condition to begin with. 
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Yes, but as she withdrew she did not have to submit any test, did she?
But this is not contradicting whether she had Covid or not sometime in November?That she didn’t have fever when she was competing
Горшков: нет никакой информации, что Щербакова выступала с температурой
Горшков: нет никакой информации, что Щербакова выступала с температурой
Gorshkov: Anna didn't have a fever, but if she did, she already had covid, so it's fine.That she didn’t have fever when she was competing
Горшков: нет никакой информации, что Щербакова выступала с температурой
Горшков: нет никакой информации, что Щербакова выступала с температурой
He said she had fever, he said she didn’t. Just overall, his credibility or rather the information he has, is very questionable to me.
From what I understand she had to submit one to be allowed to compete. Also the first discussion of Anna's negative COVID tests comes from Nov.
Basically what he says is not that she did not have fever but that there was no information she did. To me, he's just saying the organizers knew nothing about it so: would you please excuse us from any reponsibility for all this mess?That she didn’t have fever when she was competing
Горшков: нет никакой информации, что Щербакова выступала с температурой
Горшков: нет никакой информации, что Щербакова выступала с температурой
This doesnt comfort me at all because the organizers should definitely know which of their skaters have feversBasically what he says is not that she did not have fever but that there was no information she did. To me, he's just saying the organizers knew nothing about it so: "would you please excuse us from any reponsibility for all this mess?"
But when? In all procedures I know of, you do sumbit the test when you appear on the spot and it needs to be taken within x hours before that moment and not weeks earlier. No?
Yeah, it also could have been a rush of adrenaline. And she did have a fever for the short. It's unclear about the long, just that she'd been having fevers since Nov.
But him saying she didn't have a fever, even the interview he spoke of Anna's Covid, it looked like he was saving face by impressing that everything was above board. That was the priority in those comments. He was nonchalant about the fever, like how he said they have machines on site etc. and everything is as it should be.
From what I understand it's having to provide proof of a negative COVID test taken within 72 hours. Not a test at that exact moment. Now it's possible that they got back a positive result the morning off and withdrew her because of that but that doesn't seem likely as Morisi and Alina/Kamila were there and either completed or did the gala and they would have been required to withdraw. (See Liza's positive COVID test and Anastasia G's withdrawal and P/P withdrawing due to their coach.) There is also no report that Anna had a positive COVID test. In fact every member of her team is insisting (and has been since Nov) that she had a negative result. It's more likely that practices the morning off didn't go well at all and/or Anna couldn't make it through them (probably due to still being sick) and they withdrew her from a "meaningless competition" (as far as SB/PB standing is concerned as well as World's team placement) in hopes of her being better/more ready for nationals.
There has always been questions (in all country's) about how accurate some of the tests are so technically yes it could have been covid. Saying she didn't have it isn't a lie if the test she took said negative. Even if the test might have been incorrect that's not their fault and they shouldn't be blamed for that. Like you said until the antibody test nobody knows.
