Kamila Valieva: Anti-doping Case and Follow-ups

[anonymoose_au]

This is too depressing...

I'm surprised people think Kamila knew about this? I'm 100% sure she didn't and if she's laughing and smiling that's because she can't believe it. I mean would you? That the team you trusted would slip you drugs? To believe that would be soul destroying.

Worst of all there wasn't even reason to do it it seems, the small amount given to her wouldn't do anything.

And now it's possible that the other Crystal athletes have been drugged too. Whoever is behind this deserves to have the book thrown at them.

 

[Vlad Karigov]

Well, i personally hope this will resolve favorably to Kami and she will skate in women's event.

Also some comments in this thread about "girls who can only jump because of doping" really forcing me into questioning brain capabilities of people writing such comments.

A valieva will only save two things, which the sample B of 25 of december is clean; And in parallel that the sample of the event for teams is also cleaned...

Any other result is the end of the Valieva race. And if Russia loses its gold medal in teams it would be until the end of its emotional stability

 

[Greengemmonster]

Can someone help me with a summary? I was on a school run and now I'm confused!

So is Kamila banned from competing at the Olympics or not?

When will we know?

 

[alexocfp]

The drug in question, trimetazidine, is an anti-ischemic metabolic modulator that has the ability to increase blood flow efficiency and improve endurance. This means that the person who takes it can last longer in practice sessions which improves overall performance. In the context of skating, it would give more time for skaters to practice high-C elements like triple axels and quads. This is why this substance is banned by WADA. Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and Russsian bobsledder Nadezhada Sergeeva have faced punishments in the past for testing positive for trimetazidine.

Thank you for the explanation.

Now we just need to find out how it got on her system. This is the million dollar question.

 

[skatesofgold]

Can someone help me with a summary? I was on a school run and now I'm confused!

So is Kamila banned from competing at the Olympics or not?

When will we know?

Not, not banned yet. IOC is appealing the lifting of Kamila's provisional suspension. Decision should be made before women's competition on the 15th.

 

[Greengemmonster]

Not, not banned yet. IOC is appealing the lifting of Kamila's provisional suspension.

Thank you!!! I was getting so confused!!!

 

[beachmouse]

This is too depressing...

I'm surprised people think Kamila knew about this? I'm 100% sure she didn't and if she's laughing and smiling that's because she can't believe it. I mean would you? That the team you trusted would slip you drugs? To believe that would be soul destroying.

Most high level athletes take dietary supplements of some sort, and I would assume it's pretty universal in a sport like skating where very restricted diets are the norm and you're wanting to get the right nutrients into your system somehow without really any calories. I'm also inclined to assume that an adult in a position of power told her that the pill was omega-3s or magnesium or vitamin D (important to supplement when living in a place with harsh winters) and she trusted that person had her own best interests at heart.

Which as others have said should be considered to be child abuse.

 

[bigsisjiejie]

Can someone help me with a summary? I was on a school run and now I'm confused!

So is Kamila banned from competing at the Olympics or not?

When will we know?

No decision yet. The Russians have cleared her to skate by lifting a (very short-lived) Provisional Suspension. The IOC is appealing this decision to the CAS. Hopefully we will know before start of the women's competition. The Team Victory Ceremony is looking less and less likely to ever happen.

 

[Jammers]

If this incident doesn't tell you why Russia needs a total ban at the Olympics this is it. But hey let's just keep banning their flag and anthem but let them keep competing and let a athlete who got caught using illegal drugs keep competing instead of being suspended while they laugh at us.

 

[Alex Fedorov]

Выездная панель CAS рассмотрит дело Камилы Валиевой до начала личного турнира фигуристок на Олимпиаде в Пекине

CAS рассмотрит дело Камилы Валиевой до начала личного турнира фигуристок на Олимпиаде 2022 в Пекине

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The exit panel of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will consider the case of Russian Kamila Valieva before the start of the individual figure skaters' tournament at the Beijing Olympics.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) reported that Valieva's December 25 doping test tested positive for trimetazidine, which the anti-doping laboratory in Stockholm reported on February 8. The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) imposed a temporary suspension on the skater.

The athlete appealed the decision on the provisional suspension on February 9. The RUSADA Disciplinary Anti-Doping Committee decided to lift the provisional suspension, allowing Valieva to continue participating in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

“In accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the International Skating Union (ISU), RUSADA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have the right to appeal the decision to lift a provisional suspension to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The IOC will exercise its right to appeal and will not wait for the reasoning part of RUSADA’s decision, as the decision must be made before the next competition in which the athlete is to compete (women’s single skating, February 15, 2022),” the ITA said in a release.

 

[reneerose]

The drug in question, trimetazidine, is an anti-ischemic metabolic modulator that has the ability to increase blood flow efficiency and improve endurance. This means that the person who takes it can last longer in practice sessions which improves overall performance. In the context of skating, it would give more time for skaters to practice high-C elements like triple axels and quads. This is why this substance is banned by WADA. Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and Russian bobsledder Nadezhada Sergeeva have faced punishments in the past for testing positive for trimetazidine.

I Googled trimetazidine and it appears it has a half life of about 7 something hours in young and healthy bodies as opposed to a shorter half life in older people. I didn't read the dose of what one would take as a young person with no health issues to have the half life of 7 hours in the person's body and of course she would need to have been given a dose commensurate with her weight.

 

[readernick]

And neither a negative doping test makes you remove a medal, if the tests of the team event are clean, IOC has no argument to remove the gold medal... It is not Russia's fault that is delayed 6 weeks in saying that Valieva I could not compete in Beijing...

It is their fault that their lab was so unreliable that WADA had to take away their right to test thus delaying results. There are so many excuses being given. The only one in this situation who deserves the benefit of doubt is 15 year old Kamila Valieva. Her coaches, RUSADA deserve everything they get. And, yes, if Russia gets to keep the gold it will be a horrible miscarriage of justice. The Olympics which is losing popularity around the World may not survive this scandal.

 

[Baron Vladimir]

The drug in question, trimetazidine, is an anti-ischemic metabolic modulator that has the ability to increase blood flow efficiency and improve endurance. This means that the person who takes it can last longer in practice sessions which improves overall performance. In the context of skating, it would give more time for skaters to practice high-C elements like triple axels and quads. This is why this substance is banned by WADA. Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and Russian bobsledder Nadezhada Sergeeva have faced punishments in the past for testing positive for trimetazidine.

Madisyn Cox also, USA swimmer. But she appealed and get rights to compete after 6 months. The problem with this exact medicine is that lomerizine can give you a false positive test on trimetazidine sometimes.

 

[doreen95]

There hasn’t been one credible doctor who said a few micrograms of a heart drug makes you a better jumper.

Even the vultures admit it doesn’t seem like it gives you any performance edge.

Those few micrograms are most probably only the leftovers of the drug given to her. Probably her coaches and doctors miscalculated the time the drug would stay in her system and could be detected.

An if it was not for enhancing her performance than what any other reasons can you imagine a cardiac drug is given to a healthy teenager?

 

[NaVi]

The 6 1/2 week gap for results apparently isn't out of line for general athletes in the USADA testing pool. UFC fighters tend to get their results much faster but for the general pool it can take 6-8 weeks.

I find it interesting Kamila mood seemed to shift so quickly between her last two practices. The 2nd to last practice was probably right after the provisional suspension was lifted and she looked rather upbeat and happy. Today she was late for practice, lined up for the wrong program, and then ended up not doing a program run through, and looks kind of emotionally drained and out of it.

 

[zanadude]

I don't understand why the IOC is appealing the ruling. Aren't they supposed to be impartial?

 

[skatedreamer]

Most high level athletes take dietary supplements of some sort, and I would assume it's pretty universal in a sport like skating where very restricted diets are the norm and you're wanting to get the right nutrients into your system somehow without really any calories. I'm also inclined to assume that an adult in a position of power told her that the pill was omega-3s or magnesium or vitamin D (important to supplement when living in a place with harsh winters) and she trusted that person had her own best interests at heart.

Which as others have said should be considered to be child abuse.

“An adult in a position of power…”
That’s what makes me so angry. If I said what I’m really thinking, the mods would boot me out with a rusty toe pick!

 

[drivingmissdaisy]

I don't understand why the IOC is appealing the ruling. Aren't they supposed to be impartial?

The IOC doesn't have jurisdiction because the sample was taken at Russian Nationals.

 

[beachmouse]

I don't understand why the IOC is appealing the ruling. Aren't they supposed to be impartial?

The IOC is supposed to be the keeper of the rulebooks and administrators of fair competition, and is asserting that what happened is not in line with the rules for fair competition that all athletes and delegations must agree to in order to compete.

 

[zanadude]

I don't understand why the IOC is appealing the ruling. Aren't they supposed to be impartial?

Okay, I read things wrong. RUSADA lifted the suspension for "reasons", and IOC is appealing the lifting of suspension. That makes sense. I originally thought that the IOC was appealing the suspension.