Team medals delayed by legal issue

[Rikku]

IOC and ISU really need to release an official statement on this mess ASAP.

This.

 

[lariko]

Well, now the media is reporting that is WAS performance-enhancing: https://www.yahoo.com/sports/russia...yed-due-to-cryptic-legal-issue-072102906.html

Damn. If it is Valieva, things will get very ugly very fast.

 

[Amei]

There will be no official confirmation if it's Valieva. She's a minor.

Well the lack of confirmation will be the confirmation since she's the only under 16 skater.

 

[BlackAxel]

And this my friends is the start of Eteri's fall from power ....

 

[Near]

Inside The Games is pretty much the mouthpiece of the IOC and whatever other global governing board wants to send them press releases. Their bread and butter is usually something like announcing the start of the African continental sambo and judo championships, and not doing deep investigative journalism or spreading rumors.

I would like to swear but don't wan to get myself in trouble here. I have my issues with 'the system' for the Russian girls but well Kamila has the potential to be a once in a generation athlete solely training on coffee/tea and toast and her team should not mess that up either intentionally or through sloppiness in taking the wrong painkiller or cold medicine without reading the label right.

That's kind of why I'm thinking their report is legit in this case. If they are reporting that Kamila tested positive it's because someone at the ISU or IOC wanted that out there.

 

[yume]

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Aaaaaaaaand this is getting even more messy. Christ.

Just cancel the whole Games so we can be at peace.

Yeah. 2018 olys were just fantastic. 2022 olys are a nightmare so far.

 

[beachmouse]

This is a mess. And her name shouldn't have been disclosed before tomorrow. Now girl must be in a weird mental state. If she unintentionally took something banned, i feel for her.

While the rules say she cannot be named directly, just saying that the athlete cannot be named because of youth privacy reasons when they're the only under-16 on the squad just kind of has to be admission by omission.

 

[4everchan]

oh yikes - this could get messy if we start potentially messing with the SP ranking - coz that might mean some of the eliminated Teams could have still been in consideration. is it resolved yet?

folks, they usually do not rewrite history... they take the final rankings, and bump people up.

 

[Ella339]

Well, now the media is reporting that is WAS performance-enhancing: https://www.yahoo.com/sports/russia...yed-due-to-cryptic-legal-issue-072102906.html

Crazy idea: could the conflicting reports be due to the fact there are two separate incidents?!

 

[EdgeCall]

Great. The

Well, now the media is reporting that is WAS performance-enhancing: https://www.yahoo.com/sports/russia...yed-due-to-cryptic-legal-issue-072102906.html

Great. The article says it was performance-enhancing, refering to the insidethegames article which still maintains that it was not. Fine journalism.

 

[Magill]

There will be no official confirmation if it's Valieva. She's a minor.

So what happens IF that is true while she is a minor? DSQs s for undisclosed reasons? No DSQs?

 

[Amei]

This is citing a source inside the Russian Fed

 

[readernick]

Great. The

Great. The article says it was performance-enhancing, refering to the insidethegames article which still maintains that it was not. Fine journalism.

This is why I'm waiting for another Brennan article. She always has real sources.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

From Russian media:

A doping test showing the presence of a banned substance was taken by Kamila Valieva in December. This was reported to "Championship" by a source familiar with the situation.

"Valieva's doping test showed the presence of a banned substance in the microdose. At the same time, it is proven that this substance does not improve athletic performance" the source told Championship.

Подробнее на «Чемпионате»:
https://www.championat.com/olympicw...oby-kamily-valievoj.html?utm_source=copypaste

 

[yume]

I don't know if you guys follow much nordic skiing, but Therese Johaug, a gold medalist in Beijing, was tested positive some years ago. The reason was told to be lip balm. She was banned for competitions for 13 months.

This is ridiculous. Honestly, if girl doesn't compete in the individual event and that something like that is discovered some months later, IOC or WADA would need reforms. I think that either their list of banned drugs is too large, or the minimal dose allowed is to low.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

This is citing a source inside the Russian Fed

The same account says now in a new statement that there was detected something used for the hearth?

 

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[Demandred]

If the Russian federation knew about the problem with a probe taken back in December and still put Kamila in the team event twice, this is a monumental blunder on their part.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

 

[readernick]

The same account says now in a new statement that there was detected something used for the hearth?

Heart? If so, it might be the same substance that Chinese swimmer Sun Yang was temporarily banned after taking the name of which was already mentioned above. It's a well known banned substance. What idiot would give it to her?