The explanation that has been given behind the delay in the December 25th test being processed is that the Stockholm lab had a covid outbreak within the lab. The tests taken in Estonia and in Beijing were likely processed in those countries.
Kamila Valieva: Anti-doping Case and Follow-ups
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The explanation that has been given behind the delay in the December 25th test being processed is that the Stockholm lab had a covid outbreak within the lab. The tests taken in Estonia and in Beijing were likely processed in those countries.
If that's their reasoning, then they really have lost all perspective.
The reason Zagitova benefits from being an Olympic gold medalist is that she can act as an ambassador to her nation. It’s like China's "Panda Diplomacy"...or in Zagitova's case, "Akita Dog Diplomacy".
As it stands now, what country would want to associate with Valieva? Or what company? On this path, she is on her way to becoming figure skating's Barry Bonds, a walking human asterisk. That's the most tragic thing about carrying on: the battle is already lost. It would be the mother of all pyrrhic victories.
And that's if she wins. Her recent practices give me little confidence that she can even medal now, let alone win.
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Thank you for this info. Still it is hard for me not to notice that "not attempting" to answer a friendly question, even asked in a foreign language, if not explained by her hearing problem seems pretty rude in itself on the part of this young lady... You can always afford a smile and a "I don't speak English" kind of explanation, even in your native tonque at least...
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Christine might be motivated by getting the big story, but she has also been around for a long time and can see the big picture
which some posters in this thread are missing, that there's a potential to save young girls from being doped and harmed if her and
her kind do their job well in this precious time window.
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Snipped for focus....
Exactly.
I'm also not sure how anyone ingests an angina drug by accident, let alone a 15-year-old.
In the realm of the far-fetched....
A really good comparator for this doping event is the stuff that went down before the summer Olympics, involving Shelby Houlihan, a track athlete. She claimed the banned substance was in the offal of an uncastrated wild boar she accidentally ingested while eating a beef burrito at a popular Portland food truck.
Anyway, there is some very relevant material from the Houlihan case, about how the sampling works, appeals process, how doping athletes periodize their intake so as to avoid detection, CAS, etc.
Also, consider the related (maybe) case where Alberto Salazar has a long ban for his role in providing banned substances to his runners. In other words, he's banned as a coach. This might end up having some relevance to the Eteri situation.
This saga went on all last summer. Here's an article that's not behind a paywall, if you'd like to start into it:
Cas says ‘close to zero’ probability burrito led to Shelby Houlihan’s failed drugs test
A Cas report on the four-year drugs ban for the US athlete Shelby Houlihan has ruled there is ‘very close to zero’ probability she ingested nandrolone from a contaminated pork burrito, as she had claimed
www.theguardian.com
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What the ...As for Brennan, this is how she "interviewed" Diana:
Gleb was a true hero, I wouldn't have been that patient.
That's appalling! How dare she! My response to that would have to be censored in multiple countries as it would have included hand gestures.
There's been a journalist who asks the hard questions and there's this.
Did she post this on her Twitter like she's proud of it?
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Keep checking the OP as stated before.
Hearing is on Sunday night. Results Monday.
Also, isn't just more than a remote possibility, that the skaters themselves are aware of the doping and that the Sambo-70 doping is widespread (See Shabotova link below). if so, Kamila, and possibly the other Eteri skaters are culpable, and should be properly suspended. Are these girls abused? Yes. Would they be knowingly breaking WADA rules? Yes
'Of Course They Take It': Russian Teen Figure Skater Regrets Claims Of Widespread Doping
In a live video chat with fans, Anastasia Shabotova suggested Russian figure skaters routinely dope to raise their performance. She didn't expect the reaction that followed.
www.rferl.org
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So? No one is under any kind of obligation to speak in a language just because they know it.
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Also, isn't just more than a remote possibility, that the skaters themselves are aware of the doping and that the Sambo-70 doping is widespread (See Shabotova link below). if so, Kamila, and possibly the other Eteri skaters are culpable, and should be properly banned. Are these girls abused? Yes. Would they be knowingly breaking WADA rules? Yes
'Of Course They Take It': Russian Teen Figure Skater Regrets Claims Of Widespread Doping
In a live video chat with fans, Anastasia Shabotova suggested Russian figure skaters routinely dope to raise their performance. She didn't expect the reaction that followed.
if it is true, I would definitely give the minors the benefit of the doubt that they can't really grasp what
they are doing, especially growing in an environment that tells them it's done everywhere and justifies it.
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In any case, even if Kamila accidentally took that pill and there is no punishment, Sasha is the Russian champion, and Anya - European, right? Just because of the presence of the banned substance, Kamila's blood
I don't think it's fair to compare the number of posts on this thread with the number on the support thread. Many people have multiple posts on this thread (some have very many posts), where I expect most posters to post only once on the support thread.
Yes, you're correct. I should have said properly suspended, not.baned. I will change.
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I would imagine so, but that would depend on how international doping rules affect national events,
Someone who understands that stuff should answer here, as RUSADA's actions were indeed a surprise to me.
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She did! https://twitter.com/cbrennansports/status/1492546847461752845?t=A11vvRrldOO57dC6Oh93PQ&s=19
And this so called friend to women in sport didn't even have the decency to refer to Diana by NAME.
This is infuriating. What an utterly unprofessional, embarrassing, disgusting piece of work.
I'm embarrassed that this person is associated with our sport.
And this so called friend to women in sport didn't even have the decency to refer to Diana by NAME.
This is infuriating. What an utterly unprofessional, embarrassing, disgusting piece of work.
I'm embarrassed that this person is associated with our sport.
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It would indeed be startling if Davis didn't speak English. Definitely worthy of mention. This has nothing to do with anglophone-ism. Some knowledge of English is to be expected when one has a native English speaking parent and lives and trains in the US. Something as simple as having a license to drive a car to an ice rink would require some English.
Brennan is doing her job. She's a journalist. It's neither small-minded nor BS to ask the obvious.
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I would expect so. But with Rusfed you never know and with RUSADA acquitting Kamila, they might stick with that in the context of the RusNats title
And a reporter is not out of line pushing someone in a media setting.
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So we agree.... both sides were behaving appropriately....
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