Hungarian media (https://index.hu/sport/2022/peking/...poharabol-ivott-onnan-a-pozitiv-doppingteszt/ ) says that "both her mother, Isu Vailjeva and the family's lawyer, Anna Kuzmeno claimed that Kamila had accidentally drank from the glass of his grandfather at the family's Christmas gathering on 24 December."
Yeah very harsh like the guy finished his entire carrer while enjoying the fame, sponsors and benefits of being a champ.Next you will tell me it is swift as well
There should be outrage. Kamila's team should be investigated thoroughly and sanctioned to the fullest extent possible. The rules should be changed to prevent protected athletes from receiving preferential treatment when they skate in the same events as adults.
Stranger still, I think she is Muslim. But perhaps the family is of mixed religious heritage, or perhaps Christmas is celebrated as a holiday anyway.
I think many Tatar Muslims are quite secular and people all over the world celebrate Christmas because they like decorations and gifts . However, none of my Russian friends celebrate Christmas in December.Stranger still, I think she is Muslim. But perhaps the family is of mixed religious heritage, or perhaps Christmas is celebrated as a holiday anyway.
This site lists Mulsim women in sports but I don't know if it is reliable, and I don't particularly care one way or the other, except it raises questions about the authenticity of the response to the charges.
Muslim women in sport - Wikiwand
Modern Muslim female athletes have achieved success in a variety of sports, including volleyball, tennis, association football, fencing, and basketball. In the ...www.wikiwand.com
I disagree about what "common sense" says. Lots of people are outraged about various aspects of the situation regardless of who might or might not win a medal if certain athletes are disqualified. There is a principle involved that goes beyond grubbing for medals.
I didn’t say swift. Armstrong got away with it for way to long - probably due to him being in a sport most Americans rarely pay attention to and believe everyone in it is doping-, but he has been erased from everything that mattered to him. There is no legacy for his kid.
I'm sorry, but this is just absurd...
But figure skating was never part of the state-sponsored doping scandal, neither was Eteri’s school, whose skaters have been tested numerous times in the last 8 years and were always clean. Kamila is denied the benefit of the doubt and the chance to defend herself just because she is Russian.
I think it's more that Armstrong had a very "good" doctor helping him dope. The doctor knew how to evade positive tests until the testing technology got better. He's almost as infamous as Armstrong. That seems to be the case is this instance too, doesn't it? " Good" doping doctors only make mistakes occasionally.
Japan is a very strong figure skating country. They have hosted many Olympics, both winter and summer, Worlds, GPFs, WTTs and every summer have a skating spectacular similar to what the US had when figure skating was in its heyday there. So yes, Japan would have very strong feelings about cheating and doping---and not because they are medal greedy. Russia is the one who is determined to sweep as many gold medals as possible at every event they enter.
Ok, I did not compose my message very wellStranger still, I think she is Muslim. But perhaps the family is of mixed religious heritage, or perhaps Christmas is celebrated as a holiday anyway.
This site lists Mulsim women in sports but I don't know if it is reliable, and I don't particularly care one way or the other, except it raises questions about the authenticity of the response to the charges.
Muslim women in sport - Wikiwand
Modern Muslim female athletes have achieved success in a variety of sports, including volleyball, tennis, association football, fencing, and basketball. In the ...www.wikiwand.com
)) (I am not a native speaker, sorry for my poor English... )" is much much higher.Wasn’t part of the systematic cheating the bribes given for a heads up on the testing? If you get advanced notice, it’s easy to be clean.
Not dead. Maybe in the ICU and badly in need of rehab but I’m not ready to pronounce it dead.So this may be overdramatic, but:
Figure Skating is dead. Figure Skating remains dead. They have killed it.
I'm out
This is a very informative post, thank you.Ok, I did not compose my message very well
Neither care I about the religion of athletes since in sports performane should be the only thing that matters.
Btw, many people in the post-soviet region are non-religious as a consequence of the decades of communist rule. (However, official national holidays are celebrated even by atheists.)
But in Russia Christmas as an official national holiday is celebrated on 7 January.
December 24-25-26 are ordinary workdays and weekend days whereas the holidays are around 7 January:
https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/russia/2021 and https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/russia/2022
Hence the Russian Nationals usually scheduled to around 24 Dec before the state-wide "holiday season" begins on 31 Dec and ends on 8 Jan.
And I am not saying the Valiev family could not have their Christmas gathering on 24 Dec. I am only saying that the possiblity of it is rather low whereas the possibility that is a bit of deviating from the truth to explain the presence of the grandpa and which would hopefully be overlooked by "ignorant Westeners
So for me it indeed raises questions about the authenticity of their response to the charges.
