Kamila Valieva: Anti-doping Case and Follow-ups

[Arwen17]

To me the issue is not so much the risk of injury that is inherent in a sport, but rather the situation where children are pushed into such siuations solely in order that adult onlookers can shout and cheer and have a good time.

We were speaking of adults. IceWhite brought up that we shouldn't be encouraging adults in unhealthy behaviors by hanging medals on their necks and giving them prize money (bodybuilding, 'enhanced' olympics etc). And my response is how do you judge what is considered "too far" and "too dangerous" vs what is considered "acceptable danger"? Because sports like football and hockey are very dangerous and very violent. And yet those seem to be viewed as "good enough" while stuff like bodybuilding is "too far".
Seems like a very arbitrary line being drawn here.

 

[beachmouse]

RUSADA is the true hero of this adventure. Plenty of villains, but only one hero.

I feel like the current generation at RUSADA is trying to do the right thing and reduce doping in the country, but they’re stuck having to deal with the old guard in many sports who still see pharmaceutical help as the way to greater sporting glory.

 

[Mathman]

We were speaking of adults. IceWhite brought up that we shouldn't be encouraging adults in unhealthy behaviors by hanging medals on their necks and giving them prize money...

I would think that automobile racing would be the sport that exposes the sthletes to the greatest dangers -- although cars are constructed nowadays to withstand crashing into the wall at 200 miles per hour and many drivers do survive such accidents.

As for sports like American football and hockey. at least there is a legitimate sport-like objective -- advance the ball over the goal line or shoot the puck into the net. Unlike, for instance boxing, in which the acknowledged objective is to batter your opponent into unconsciousness with you fists. (Although I have to say that hockey still honors the hallowed tradition of stopping play every now and then so that players can engage in a good fistfight, to the delight on the audiences.)

 

[Janice4th]

RUSADA is the true hero of this adventure. Plenty of villains, but only one hero.

By catching her, you mean the test they are required to do after the competition and sent to the Swiss lab because the Russian ones had been caught cheating the system? They didn’t catch her in a non competitive testing. I imagine she would have enough warning on that test to have not ingested the medication.

 

[Mathman]

By catching her, you mean the test they are required to do after the competition and sent to the Swiss lab because the Russian ones had been caught cheating the system? They didn’t catch her in a non competitive testing. I imagine she would have enough warning on that test to have not ingested the medication.

That was an atempt at sarcasm. Actuually I know nothing about this matter. I think I had better just delete my post.

 

[Moon322]

As you haven’t cited the source it’s obvious that your 21 day timeline doesn’t hold anymore credibility than my assumption.

So let’s stop sitting on our high horses claiming it was all the labs fault when you have no concrete evidence they did anything wrong

So again, no source, cause I googled it and can't find 21 days anywhere!

Please provide where your vast knowledge comes from.

@Skating91 already mentioned that it is in the International Standard for Testing and Investigations (ISTI)

Not sure why is it so difficult to find the relevant informations on WADA's site but I'll help you:

https://www.wada-ama.org/en/resourc...-standards/international-standard-testing-and

ISTI: https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/isti_2023_w_annex_k_final_redline.pdf

4.9.1 Anti-Doping Organizations shall:

(…)

b) Within twenty-one (21) days of Sample collection, enter the Doping Control form into ADAMS for all Samples collected

3.6 Interpretation:

3.6.5 Where the term “days” is used in the International Standard for Testing and Investigations, it shall mean calendar days unless otherwise specified.

ADAMS: The Anti-Doping Administration and Management System is a Web-based database management toolfor data entry, storage, sharing, and reporting designed to assist stakeholders and WADA in their anti-doping operations in conjunction with data protection legislation.

I.4.6 The Testing Authority or Sample Collection Authority shall report without delay into ADAMS:

a) The Doping Control form, as per Article 4.9.1 b);

31 December, 1 and 6 January were de facto or public holidays in Sweden, so even if we don't count those days, the test result should have entered into ADAMS by 21 January the latest without any delay. Instead, as know, there was more than two weeks of delay.

So the question remains: was it on purpose? It's very suspicious.

 

[Ziotic]

@Skating91 already mentioned that it is in the International Standard for Testing and Investigations (ISTI)

Not sure why is it so difficult to find the relevant informations on WADA's site but I'll help you:

https://www.wada-ama.org/en/resourc...-standards/international-standard-testing-and

ISTI: https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/isti_2023_w_annex_k_final_redline.pdf









31 December, 1 and 6 January were de facto or public holidays in Sweden, so even if we don't count those days, the test result should have entered into ADAMS by 21 January the latest without any delay. Instead, as know, there was more than two weeks of delay.

So the question remains: was it on purpose? It's very suspicious.

Thank you!

However the Doping control form is not the results of the test. The doping control form is just the formal paperwork that was signed by the test administrator and the athlete at the time of the sample collection. So it means these forms need to get from the test site to the lab and then entered into the system for them to be valid.

I.4.6 The Testing Authority or Sample Collection Authority shall report without delay intoADAMS:a) The Doping Control form, as per Article 4.9.1 b);b) The Athlete Biological Passport supplementary form, and/or the additionalinformation specific to the Athlete Biological Passport collected on a related reportform;c) In the Chain of Custody, the temperature data logger ID (without any timereference) and the time zone of the Testing location in GMT.


I think this provision is more in relation to how long the sample took to get from Russia to the Swedish lab

 

[saine]

The full decision has been published.

Page 13 is where the lab delays are discussed.

 

[Amei]

Page 45 sealed her fate, as far as I can see: "There is no evidence from the Athlete that Mr Solovyov exists"

How could they possibly think they would win by putting up a defense with no evidence to support what they said?

 

[Skating91]

I'm up to page 16 but it seems like it took 10 tests to get a result they could rely on and this is the reason for the delay, although they would have been able to look at the age of the person on the sample bottle and other information and realised whose sample it was and what the implications of this being delayed would be.

I don't understand the difficulties they had with the tests. I'm sure it will be talked about in the weeks and months ahead, I'm sure it's all Kamila's fault of course...

 

[icewhite]

 

[Skating91]

On or shortly after 22 March 2022, the FMBA provided to RUSADA (in an undated
letter) details of the medications and supplements prescribed by the FMBA in the period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021 as follows:
“n the period from 01.01.2020 to 31.12.2021 the athlete Kamila Valieva was given
the following medications, sports nutrition and dietary supplements by the Center’s
doctors Mr Adamov, Mr Shvetskiy and Mr Shumakov: Amino Vital Multi Energy,
Stimol, oral injection solution, Magnelis B6, Vitrum Superstress, Panangin Forte,
Hypoxen capsules, L-Carnitine, fluid Mg complex, Kreon, Flitrum-STI, Imudon,
Polyoxidonium, Ibuclin, Versatis plaster, Sustamin, Nimesulid, Traumeel S, Supadryn,
ISODRINX, Orthomol Sport, Geladrink, Agisept, Grippferon, Doppelhertz aktiv,
CoQ10, Glycine, Tot’hema, Ketrolac, Sorbifer Durules, Riboxin, Berocca Plus,
Gorpils, Maxilac, Omega 3, Stimol, Amino Vital, Bilactin, Diara, Metoclopramide,
Voltaren, Junior Active Complex, SportExpert, BCAA+, Esslial Forte, Amino Vital
Gold, Aspirin C, Valmedin drops, Guarana 300, Carmolis lolly, Coldrex Maksgrip,
Creatine Ox, Xylometazoline, Tot’hema, Cytovlavin pills, Tilaxine, Calcimine Advance,
Imudon, Hypoxen, Alfa Normix, ACC … .”

Not that this means rules were broken, but it shows the lengths they go to achieve optimal performance. I don't think Tom Brady would have been any different.

 

[Skating91]

On 30 March 2022, RUSADA interviewed Ms Tutberidze, who also provided a written
statement, a summary of which is as follows:
d. As a coach, Ms Tutberidze “do[es] not control and do[es] not discuss with the
team doctors the medications and supplements, which are given to the athletes
of the team”.
e. Ms Valieva did not complain about any problems with her heart except in March
2021 when the FMBA recommended, upon a detailed medical


The salient points in the interview may be summarised as follows:

b. The evening before, 21 December 2021, her grandfather gave her a strawberry
dessert. She decided to take it with her on the short journey to St Petersburg. She took it with her on the Sapsan and, closed, placed it into the fridge. It was enough for a few days. “I do not eat it in one goal [sic]. I eat it by bits.”

d. She offered three possible “versions” to explain the presence of TMZ in her
system:
a) The first version was it happened at lunch with her grandfather on
a training day. “Yes we had lunch, Grandfather also often gave me
something like apple pure or a berry sweet made from berries …
condensed milk, bananas or some juice, and maybe … He also takes pills
following the doctors’ recommendations and, probably, this pill got into
a dessert, which he usually gives to me. Or, I saw a few times
accidentally, that he crushed the pills with the knife and dissolves them
in a glass, and took them. So I might have drunk from the same glass or
there, at home, I might have eaten something from the same chopping
board and so on.”
b) The second version is “the contamination of some medications,
as this happened before, those situations arose and that is why that could
not be excluded”.
c) The third version: “In St Petersburg, in comparison with
organisation of other events, with … Sochi or Olympic Games … the
narrative during the Russian Championship in St Petersburg was not
really good as the premises where the athletes were coming in, warming
up, eating and generally getting ready before start, were full of
strangers, who definitely should not be there. So, there were a lot of
relatives of the athletes, who were freely moving around, had … free
access to the dressing room as well as to the area where athletes were
eating. Mother’s friend also got an accreditation, however, I cannot say
that she is somehow relevant to sport, but she still got the accreditation
with high level of access, so she could get to the areas … .”

h. She could not recall taking Ecdysterone. She could not explain why it was found
to be in her system by the Stockholm Laboratory. This is legal to take WADA are just monitoring it

54. On 2 August 2022, Mr Ivanov interviewed Dr Shvetskiy, who also provided a written
statement, a summary of which is as follows:
e. Dr Shumakov is responsible for “requesting dietary supplements, sports
nutrition, medications” for the Tutberidze Team. Any decision relating to
placing an order for dietary supplements, sports nutrition and medications is
made by Dr Shumakov.

r. Dr Shvetskiy has not prescribed TMZ to any of the athletes on the Tutberidze
Team. He knows that it has been prohibited since 2009 and is concerned about
the clinical effectiveness of this medication.
s. The organizers of the Russian Championship “did not take the necessary
measures … to restrict the access to the athletes` area (food court, dressing
rooms). So, I consider, that someone might have contaminated the Kamila
Valieva`s food, beverages and supplements with trimetazidine”.
t. Dr Shvetskiy believes that “the most sufficient scenario is the ingestion of the
trimetazidine in Kamila Valieva`s system through the contamination by the
medication used by her grandfather”.


There was no opportunity to interview the grandfather of the athlete Valieva K –
Gennady Soloviev. His representatives refused to provide contacts and organise a faceto-face interview with him. G. Soloviev’s representative presented medical documents
and answered the questions of the Investigations Department by e-mail. G. Soloviev did
not provide any documentary evidence of the prescription of the drug “Trimetazidine”
to him.
Kamila Valieva was interviewed in person. The athlete reported that she had never been
prescribed or offered Trimetazidine and did not know how it got into her system. Kamila
Valieva put forward three hypothesized scenarios as to how Trimetazidine could have
entered her system, namely:
- contaminated food or liquid …;
- contaminated supplements or medications;
- sabotage.
No documentary confirmation of these versions has been provided. It was not possible
to confirm or deny these versions.

 

[icewhite]

I can only think they did this on purpose now. Nobody comes up with such a hilarious story with the biggest holes ever when they are making an effort. I mean, I really thought I had seen the silliest excuses, but here's the "golden child" and you do not make any effort to provide any kind of half-believable evidence?

 

[el henry]

On or shortly after 22 March 2022, the FMBA provided to RUSADA (in an undated
letter) details of the medications and supplements prescribed by the FMBA in the period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021 as follows:
“n the period from 01.01.2020 to 31.12.2021 the athlete Kamila Valieva was given
the following medications, sports nutrition and dietary supplements by the Center’s
doctors Mr Adamov, Mr Shvetskiy and Mr Shumakov: Amino Vital Multi Energy,
Stimol, oral injection solution, Magnelis B6, Vitrum Superstress, Panangin Forte,
Hypoxen capsules, L-Carnitine, fluid Mg complex, Kreon, Flitrum-STI, Imudon,
Polyoxidonium, Ibuclin, Versatis plaster, Sustamin, Nimesulid, Traumeel S, Supadryn,
ISODRINX, Orthomol Sport, Geladrink, Agisept, Grippferon, Doppelhertz aktiv,
CoQ10, Glycine, Tot’hema, Ketrolac, Sorbifer Durules, Riboxin, Berocca Plus,
Gorpils, Maxilac, Omega 3, Stimol, Amino Vital, Bilactin, Diara, Metoclopramide,
Voltaren, Junior Active Complex, SportExpert, BCAA+, Esslial Forte, Amino Vital
Gold, Aspirin C, Valmedin drops, Guarana 300, Carmolis lolly, Coldrex Maksgrip,
Creatine Ox, Xylometazoline, Tot’hema, Cytovlavin pills, Tilaxine, Calcimine Advance,
Imudon, Hypoxen, Alfa Normix, ACC … .”

Not that this means rules were broken, but it shows the lengths they go to achieve optimal performance. I don't think Tom Brady would have been any different.

Tom Brady, when he was competing, was not an Olympic athlete and was not subject to either their doping regulations or their doping tests.

Not a relevant comparison.

 

[Mawwerg]

On or shortly after 22 March 2022, the FMBA provided to RUSADA (in an undated
letter) details of the medications and supplements prescribed by the FMBA in the period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021 as follows:
“n the period from 01.01.2020 to 31.12.2021 the athlete Kamila Valieva was given
the following medications, sports nutrition and dietary supplements by the Center’s
doctors Mr Adamov, Mr Shvetskiy and Mr Shumakov: Amino Vital Multi Energy,
Stimol, oral injection solution, Magnelis B6, Vitrum Superstress, Panangin Forte,
Hypoxen capsules, L-Carnitine, fluid Mg complex, Kreon, Flitrum-STI, Imudon,
Polyoxidonium, Ibuclin, Versatis plaster, Sustamin, Nimesulid, Traumeel S, Supadryn,
ISODRINX, Orthomol Sport, Geladrink, Agisept, Grippferon, Doppelhertz aktiv,
CoQ10, Glycine, Tot’hema, Ketrolac, Sorbifer Durules, Riboxin, Berocca Plus,
Gorpils, Maxilac, Omega 3, Stimol, Amino Vital, Bilactin, Diara, Metoclopramide,
Voltaren, Junior Active Complex, SportExpert, BCAA+, Esslial Forte, Amino Vital
Gold, Aspirin C, Valmedin drops, Guarana 300, Carmolis lolly, Coldrex Maksgrip,
Creatine Ox, Xylometazoline, Tot’hema, Cytovlavin pills, Tilaxine, Calcimine Advance,
Imudon, Hypoxen, Alfa Normix, ACC … .”

Not that this means rules were broken, but it shows the lengths they go to achieve optimal performance. I don't think Tom Brady would have been any different.

I think it is not something unexpected for two years period. I've used about 10 last month.

 

[el henry]

So Dr. Shevetsky promoted Grandpa's glass:

1. The organizers of the Russian Championship “did not take the necessary measures ... to restrict the access to the athletes` area (food court, dressing rooms). So, I consider, that someone might have contaminated the Kamila Valieva`s food, beverages and supplements with trimetazidine”.
2. Dr Shvetskiy believes that “the most sufficient scenario is the ingestion of the trimetazidine in Kamila Valieva`s system through the contamination by the medication used by her grandfather”. [page 26]

RUSADA, RusFed and Team Tut will protect this accused doper, by continuing to employ him and allowing him to promote this theory, rather than protect their own athlete, the "protected minor" they claim to be so concerned about.

Shame upon them. Shame.

 

[Skating91]

Maybe grandfather simply thought this is ridiculous, my son is not even the partner of Kamila's mother anymore, now I have to admit I bought TMZ without the prescription (which apparently is easy to do), have to be part of something that is world news, I probably would have just sent my statement via email at that point. The guy thought he was doing a favour for them, and then he's the centre of some worldwide conspiracy.

 

[Szayel008]

I'm up to page 16 but it seems like it took 10 tests to get a result they could rely on and this is the reason for the delay, although they would have been able to look at the age of the person on the sample bottle and other information and realised whose sample it was and what the implications of this being delayed would be.

I don't understand the difficulties they had with the tests. I'm sure it will be talked about in the weeks and months ahead, I'm sure it's all Kamila's fault of course...

The Stockholm laboratory was closed for the period from December 30, 2021 to January 10, 2022 inclusive.

On January 11, 2022, the Stockholm laboratory recorded that ITP sample A tested positive for the drug trimetazidine (or “TMZ”). (It is common knowledge that TMZ is included in section 4.4 of the 2021 Prohibited Substances List and is classified as a non-specific substance.)

On January 12, 2022, the Stockholm laboratory took another aliquot of Sample A, designated "202107432A-6", for the purpose of estimating specific gravity.

On January 12, 2022, the Stockholm laboratory began the confirmation procedure for sample A. An aliquot designated “202107432A-7” was taken for this purpose. (The Parties and the Panel use the term “Confirmation Procedure” as defined in the ISL as follows: “An analytical testing procedure whose purpose is to confirm the presence and/or, where applicable, confirm the concentration/rate/score and/or establish the origin (exogenous or endogenous) of one or more specified Prohibited Substances, metabolites of a Prohibited Substance, or marker(s) of Use of a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method in a Sample.").

On January 17, 2022, Stockholm Laboratory rejected confirmation procedure number 202107432A-7 due to “unsatisfactory quality control results.” According to the Stockholm laboratory, this was "due to poor chromatographic peak shape of the reference material, resulting in unsymmetrical chromatographic peaks."

On January 19, 2022, the Stockholm laboratory took another aliquot of sample A, designated “202107432A-8,” and began the second confirmation procedure. It was also rejected due to "unsatisfactory quality control results."

On the same day, January 19, 2022, the Stockholm laboratory took another aliquot from Sample A, designated "202107432A-9", and began the confirmation procedure for this aliquot on the same day.

On January 20, 2022, confirmation procedure number 202107432A-9 “was also rejected due to “unsatisfactory quality control results, specifically an unsatisfactory quality control chromatographic profile.”

Around the same day, January 20, 2022, the Stockholm laboratory decided to "develop a new analytical method for the validation procedure, since the repeated violation of the peak shape was unexpected since the current analytical method was found fit for purpose after validation."

Between January 31 and February 3, 2022, Stockholm Laboratory prepared a document entitled “Validation Plan for Trimetazidine, Lomerizine and Metabolites by UHPLC-HRMS Validation Plan” (“Validation Plan”). (UHPLC-HRMS stands for Ultra-High Resolution Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry). The validation plan specifies the means by which “a method for the qualitative confirmation of prohibited non-threshold compounds... shall be validated. Validation is carried out in accordance with [ISL], section "Validation method for non-threshold substances", which states that "method validation must demonstrate that the method is 'fit for purpose'."

On February 4, 2022, another aliquot was taken from sample A, designated 202107432A-10.

On 7 February 2022, the Stockholm Laboratory published the “Trimetazidine, Lomerizine and Metabolite, UHPLC-HRMS, Qualitative Validation, Validation Report” (“Validation Report”). In a validation report, the Stockholm laboratory concluded that the proposed method was “fit for purpose.”

On the same date, 7 February 2022, Stockholm Laboratory completed confirmation of reference number 202107432A-10 and (i) recorded the result in Stockholm Laboratory's LIMS and (ii) submitted to WADA's Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (“ADAMS”). ) "Test Report" stating that the test result was an "Adverse Analytical Finding" (or "AAF") for Sample A for "S4. Hormone and metabolite modulators/trimetazidine.”

On February 8, 2022, the Stockholm laboratory provided RUSADA (in response to a request for the concentration level detected by the Stockholm laboratory) with an approximate concentration of 2.1 ng/ml (or 0.0021 mg/l). This was provided for in the stated qualifications, that there were no requirements for
CAS 2023/A/9451 - CAS 2023/A/9455 - CAS 2023/A/9456 – page 10 Report the concentration of non-threshold substances (such as TMZ) and that “the laboratory used a method that was developed for qualitative purposes and, with the exception of establishing that the mentioned substance is present in the Sample in a concentration exceeding the limit of the identification method, determining the absolute concentration of the analyte in the Sample goes beyond the intended purpose.”

 

[Amei]

I can only think they did this on purpose now. Nobody comes up with such a hilarious story with the biggest holes ever when they are making an effort. I mean, I really thought I had seen the silliest excuses, but here's the "golden child" and you do not make any effort to provide any kind of half-believable evidence?

You mean the doping, right? My guess is yes, over a 2 year period she apparently tried a multitude of legal supplements but they didn't bring the desired results so then they probably moved to a banned substance.