Figure skater Valieva disqualified in Olympic doping case. Russians set to lose team gold to US ( apnews.com )

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after her doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games.

The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport means the Russians are set to be stripped of the gold medal in figure skating’s team event. The United States finished second and is set to be named Olympic champion instead.

The International Olympic Committee decided not to present any medals for the event in Beijing, where the 15-year-old Valieva was the star performer hours before her positive test for a banned heart medicine was revealed.

CAS said it upheld appeals led by the World Anti-Doping Agency, which asked the court to disqualify Valieva from the Olympics and ban her. A Russian sports tribunal had cleared her of any blame.

pjwestin ,
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I feel really bad for this girl. Disqualifying her was the right move, but I highly doubt a fifteen-year-old representing Russia in the Olympics was given much choice as to whether she wanted to use performance enhancers or not. On top of that, she got four year ban from professional skating, which basically robbed her of her peak professional years. Her career was basically destroyed by something that was, best case senerio, a mistake she made at fifteen or, wost (and more likely) case, something that was forced on her by her trainers/managers.

Stovetop ,

A Russian caught doping? At the Olympics??

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/c8512b43-6445-434b-afa5-bdd031bd9979.jpeg

Everythingispenguins ,

That took a long fucking time. Opposed to the US sprinter who tested positive for a non-performance enhancing drug (weed) and was giving a suspension just 9 days after initial test results. Keeping her from even going to her games.

This girl had tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and was still allowed to compete. So they could take the next two years to get their shit together. Look I know she was 15 and probably had a choice on where to take them, but that doesn't justify the wildly different responses.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/sha-carri-richardson-could-miss-olympics-after-failed-drug-test-n1272960

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rasmus ,

Well weed is not allowed so it should be treated in the same way

Everythingispenguins ,

But it wasn't. Sha'Carri Richardson had her suspension handed to her much much faster. Additional Valieva took away the other competitors chance to stand in metal ceremony positions they deserved. That is something that can never be given back.

robocall ,
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Imagine winning the gold medal two years after you lost it. Imagine trying to explain the celebration party to people and them not caring or believing you.

Coreidan ,

Ban Russia forever. They deserve it.

The only title they are worthy of is “weak” and/or “cheater”.

maness300 ,

I don't think they should be banner "forever", but definitely increasing lengths the more this goes on.

They should also have to pay a lot of concessions to other nations if they want back in.

rasmus ,

We can ban Russia but let individuals that met and test international standards compete

urist ,
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I see you've spawned a heated argument. I know this post is old but I have a different take:

Don't ban Russia. It's just athletics, it's not that big of a deal. All athletes should get the chance to compete even if they live in countries that encourage their cheating. Ban the cheaters and their coaches when they are exposed.

Perhaps ask Russia to pay a fine if they wish to continue to send athletes. This would dissuade them from forcing their young adults/teens to alter their body chemistry.

The Olympics is supposed to be somewhere every country can participate.

PrincessLeiasCat ,

Man I feel bad for her. She was only 15 and probably didn’t have much of a say in the matter. It’s the right call, but still, I do feel for her.

brbposting ,

Imagine if she coulda won without potentially risking her health with drugs, too.

girlfreddy ,
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She probably had no choice in the matter and trusted her coach and medical team to do the right thing.

Kids in the Olympics is a double edged sword.

brbposting ,

Indeed. Shoulda said something like:

Right. Imagine too if she could’ve won even without the drugs she was supplied (by those who may have paid little mind to their potential long-term health impacts on her).

circuscritic ,

This reminds me of when Trump called a race horse a junkie after winning the Kentucky Derby and being disqualified for a failed drug test. As if the horse was tying off and shooting up in the stable outhouse.

While this child has more agency than a horse, it's not like she had a choice in the matter.

Is it right for her for be DQ'd? Yes, but she's still a victim.

Don't lose sight of the fact that she's was a child made to take drugs by her own government.

FlyingSquid Mod ,
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This reminds me of when Trump called a race horse a junkie after winning the Kentucky Derby and being disqualified for a failed drug test.

Wait...

Trump literally compared himself to a racehorse yesterday to show how he has good genes (because his uncle was an MIT professor and apparently the brother of a winning racehorse is just as good as a winning racehorse).

Blue_Morpho ,

It's definitely for the best so a coach doesn't do it to another minor.

brezel ,
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i will never understand why anyone lets russia compete in anything. they just always lie and cheat.

bradboimler ,
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I mean the US and many other athletes have been caught before cheating this isn’t new. Canada the US, Sweden and, Spain just to name a few.

CommanderCloon ,

Why is racism upvoted

rikudou ,

Russians and doping, name a more iconic duo.

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