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Kamila Valieva: Anti-doping Case and Follow-ups

All I can find is this, but I get the feeling it might be the article that angered you...?

Actually, it was this one:

Same story, just set up to grab your eye in a more direct manner. Others are looking for the answer as well but no one can confirm she actually said, "Yes."
 
I was rewatching Peacock’s womens short, and there was a shot of the stands with Medvedeva and Zagitova there, cheering on. Couldn’t they confirm/deny what happens in Eteri’s camp, now that they’re both retired? It’s possible they wouldn’t want enemies though…
Anything they night say -- anything! - would just cause the guns to be turned in their direction. Like, Where did Zagitova get that super-human endurance that allowed her to backload all those jumps?!

No, the best response, politically speaking: "I know nothing."
 
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idk about "rinse" though - but they definitely repeat their dirty trickery.
That's the thing though...this brings up so many doubts and questions. Like a big part of me feels that surely most of the Russian figure skaters can't be doping...but then this happens and I'm not even sure?

Like do all these Russian skaters truly believe it's a conspiracy? Or do they have something to hide themselves?

It's not very pleasant to think about, but it's been on my mind ever since this news came out :(
 
Anything they night say -- anything! - would just cause the guns to be turned in their direction. Their best response , politically speaking-- "I know nothing."

Yeah apart from probably having a bunch of future show opportunities with Eteri,
I don't think anyone would wanna cause Russia to lose Olympic Gold medals by saying anything
if they had anything to say. That's not the way to be more popular over there I don't think.
 
Actually, it was this one:

Same story, just set up to grab your eye in a more direct manner. Others are looking for the answer as well but no one can confirm she actually said, "Yes."
Here's a link to the post-SP press conference (by JPN media, so geo-blocked):
 
Here's a link to the post-SP press conference (by JPN media, so geo-blocked):

I'm in the U.S. so . . . no go.
 

This story mentions the amount of TMZ found in Valieva's system which is apparently 200 times the amount found in an athlete who successfully proved contamination.

Maybe, grandpa can claim that he accidently slipped her a pill or two but that water glass theory isn't going to work for this amount of TMZ.

This dosage is consistent with a full dose taken several days before. Maybe a small mix up in dosing? They gave her a pill one day too late?
 
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From what we know publically, Kamila is very unlikely to win her case. I'm really baffled why someone hasn't intervened and told her to pull out. I'm curious to who is able to talk to her besides her coaching team. People are not going to look kindly on her denying others a medal ceremony knowing she was unlikely to win her case.

Here's what I said I'd do before the SP.... perhaps they could pull out before the FS or forfeit immediately after the FS: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/kamila-valieva.72542/page-79#post-2935206

Kamila needs to be seperated from Eteri when they get home. The way Eteri has phrased things and her body language makes her seem guilty. The elephant in the room is that Eteri may either have agreed to the drug being given to Kamila or is covering up for who gave it to Kamila while Kamila is oblivious. What if Kamila was manipulated into this cover story as a means of taking attention away from Eteri and her doctor?

The media needs to be careful about spreading rumors about "pill boxes" and Lupron usage. Both are unlikely to be true and it's the sort of thing you can get sued for.
 
The media needs to be careful about spreading rumors about "pill boxes" and Lupron usage. Both are unlikely to be true and it's the sort of thing you can get sued for.
Most democratic countries have quite lenient libel laws ( for good reason) . So, they can be sued but they are unlikely to suffer consequences unless it can be proven that they published something false on purpose.
 
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I'm in the U.S. so . . . no go.
I was curious about this press-conference anyway, so I took the chance to watch the interview. Though I'm not a native speaker of Japanese, but from Kaori's reaction to that particular question, she hesitated for a very long time, filled in with a long 'mh........' filled pause, before actually offering her opinion. In that case, I wouldn't say that 'yes' should be interpreted as a confirmative 'Yes, she should be allowed' to the question by the journalist.

Another problem to be noted is that, the question was originally in English, and Kaori had to get the translated question in Japanese via the earphone. So we don't really get how the question was translated into Japanese for Kaori to arrive at that 'yes'...

As I said, I'm not a native speaker of Japanese, but I'm quite positive about Kaori's hesitation at the beginning of answering the question, which reflected that she was thinking hard about how to answer that particular question properly.
 
Headlines on Google tonight
“This sums this all up”. “Figure skating prizes the value of keeping up appearances
, smiling for the world while everything is going to hell”.
“But the sport can’t smile it’s way through this crisis.”
I am not so sure about that. Deny, deny, deny, that's the ticket. Whatever someone says you did, just say you didn't. A year from now the kurfuffle will have passed into folklore and history,

Kamilla Valieva? Who? Oh yes, wasn't she some sort of athlete who was involved in some sort of dispute over drugs or something?
 

Bad news for Eteri coaches team, they cannot travel to US and all other countries which have extradition treaties with United States.

Canada, Japan, South Korea...and more


Good news for Eteri coaches team, they can still travel to China and North Korea.
 
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