Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old Russian skating sensation, failed a drug test taken before the team competition, according to reports from the website Inside the Games and a Russian newspaper.

The news came after Valieva led the Russian team to gold on Monday, when she twice landed a historic quad jump. The teen figure skater became the first woman to land a quad jump at the Olympics.

Because of her age, Valieva is considered by the World Anti-Doping Agency to be a “Protected Person.”

Prominent journalist Vasily Konov reported that the test was taken two months ago. Two Russian newspapers identified the drug as trimetazidine, which is typically used to treat chest pain, according to Reuters. Trimetazidine, or TMZ, works by increasing blood flow to the heart and limiting rapid swings in blood pressure. The drug is not approved for use in the United States. It has been on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) list of prohibited substances since 2014.

TMZ was also at the center of a 2018 case that saw Russian bobsledders accept an eight-month ban in a settlement.

https://nypost.com/2022/02/09/kamila...2022-olympics/

natty

there's so much irrational anti-russian sentiment that my first thought is that they rigged the test srs

A fifteen year old female Russian athlete will do anything or take anything she is told to. Not like there is any surprise around the fact they are still doing things that got them banned in the first plae.

the past two years has been non-stop anti russia and china.