The case could take months and still cost Valieva and her Russian teammates the gold medal they won in last week’s team event. 25 test for the banned substance trimetazidine is resolved. While she was allowed to keep skating in Beijing by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to avoid “irreparable harm,” that ruling is valid only until a full investigation of her Dec. The failed drug test which turned her life upside down still hangs over her head. Unfortunately for Valieva, she can’t relax just yet.

I congratulate you on the end of the Olympics and I hope that you can live calmly and breathe.”

“I really value you and love you and I’m happy that you can relax now, sweetie. “I am so happy that this hell is over for you,” Medvedeva posted on Instagram. Some in skating have pushed to raise the minimum age for participation at the Olympics from 15 to 17 or 18.Īs Valieva placed fourth and left in tears, she received a message of support from 2018 silver medalist Evgenia Medvedeva. “Rather than giving her comfort, rather than to try to help her, you could feel this chilling atmosphere, this distance.” “When I afterwards saw how she was received by her closest entourage, with such, what appeared to be a tremendous coldness, it was chilling to see this,” he said at a news conference Friday. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said he was disturbed by the intense pressure on the young skaters, particularly Valieva, and criticized her coaches without naming Tutberidze. “Why did you let it go? Why did you stop fighting?” cameras caught Eteri Tutberidze - the notoriously strict coach who will be investigated over Valieva’s failed drug test - telling the 15-year-old after she fell twice and dropped out of medal contention. Her Olympics and life turned upside down by a doping case, world record holder Kamila Valieva faces a possible ban and a coach whose first response to her disastrous skate Thursday was criticism. The favorite left in tears without saying a word.Īfter one of the most dramatic nights in their sport’s history, Russia's trio of teenage figure skating stars each enter an uncertain future. The silver medalist pledged never to skate again. BEIJING (AP) - The gold medalist said she felt empty.

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