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Young Russian skater Kamila Valieva in Beijing, February 15, 2022
Worse and worse… As the young Russian skater Kamila Valieva finished on Tuesday leading the short program at the Beijing Olympics, his extra-sports record is getting worse. the athlete, tested positive for trimetazidine at the end of December but authorized to continue the Beijing Games, had in his system two other medicinal substances which can be used to treat heart problems, said Tuesday le New York Times.
The 15-year-old teenager, Russian figure skating prodigy, saw her provisional suspension decided by the Russian anti-doping agency (Rusada) lifted on Monday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) without the latter ruling on the merits. of the case. And this, even if trimetazidine, a molecule used to treat angina pectoris, has been on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s prohibited list since 2014, because it would promote blood circulation.
His grandfather wants to wear the hat
However, according to documents presented to the CAS on Sunday, obtained by the New York Times, the Stockholm laboratory that examined Valieva’s sample also found traces of two other heart medications, hypoxene and L-Carnitine, which are not on the list of prohibited substances.
Earlier in the day on Tuesday, a member of the executive committee of the International Olympic Committee explained that “the argument (of his defense) advanced the contamination with a product that his grandfather took”.
Russian media reported that Valieva reportedly drank from the same glass as her grandfather, who takes trimetazidine for a heart condition. According to the NYT, the latter in a pre-recorded video message claimed during the Feb. 9 hearing with Rusada officials was taking trimetazidine to treat “attacks,” showing a packet of the drug in his possession.
Valieva’s mother, claiming that Valieva’s grandfather accompanied her daily to training, told CAS that her daughter was taking hypoxene due to “cardiac arrhythmias”, reports the New York daily again. .