RUSADA initiated an investigation against Valieva’s staff after a positive doping test for a figure skater
photo RIA Novosti source Sports.ru The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has initiated an investigation [...]
RUSADA lifted Kamila Valieva’s suspension, IOC and ISU will l file an appeal to CAS. The decision will be made until February 15.
The International Skating Union (ISU) will file an appeal against the decision to lift the temporary suspension of [...]
“Kamila Valieva’s temporary suspension has been lifted and ROC remains with gold medal. But WADA may appeal this decision to CAS.” sports agent Andrei Mitkov
Sports agent Andrei Mitkov spoke about the situation with a possible positive doping test of Kamila Valieva and the [...]
“Kamila Valieva has not been suspended, there has been no official statement”, Olga Yermolina, FFKKR
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kamila Valieva Fan Group (@teamkvalieva) source [...]
Valieva will not be allowed to the individual event, and the team event’s medals will be taken away from the entire Russian team
As it became known to SE, Kamila Valieva, who is suspected of violating anti-doping rules, will be suspended from the [...]
“Various insinuations have already begun. It might be beneficial for someone to do this. ” Russian coaches, specialist and officials about possible problem with doping testing for one of the Russian skater.
According to Inside the games, the medal ceremony of figure skaters was postponed due to problems with doping testing [...]
Valentin Nikolaev: “I root for Rafael Arutyunyan. But I’m not overly excited with Chen’s skating. I don’t always like the music, I don’t like when athlete skates in whatever rags.”
Alexandra Trusova, after two years of skating with mistkes, can perform perfectly at the Beijing Olympics. Coach [...]
Ari Zakarian, well-known producer: “Today, only Ilia Malinin is able to raise the marketing of figure skating in the United States.”
Well-known in the figure skating producer and agent Ari Zakarian, in an interview with Match TV, told why the Olympic [...]
“Sinitsina and Katsalapov were given rather low marks. It’s clear that they tried to take off points from our team a little.” Russian specialists about victory in the team event and judging
Russian specialists and former skaters about the victory of the Russian team, Mishina/Galliamov's mistake and judging [...]
Irina Rodnina: “The story of Lipnitskaya’s unsuccessful performance in Sochi won’t be repeated. Valieva is a figure skater of a fundamentally different level.”
Three-time Olympic champion in pair skating, State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina believes that the excellent performance [...]
“I think everything is right. We came to win, and not for someone to get into the team.” Tatiana Tarasova about no substitutions in the Russian team
Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatiana Tarasova shared her opinion about no substitutions in the Russian [...]
Nikita Katsalapov: “We were surprised to see that Vincent Zhou is doing the free program. Apparently, Chen wants to show some kind of divine skating and saves energy for individual event.’
Nikita Katsalapov, who is the captain of the Russian team at the team event at the Beijing Olympics, summed up the [...]
“I hope I gave at least some part of my soul to the judges, spectators and coaches.” Kamila Valieva and Karen Chen comments after skates
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kamila Valieva (@kamilavalieva26) "When I entered [...]
Renat Laishev: “Before Valieva’s performance we can only hope that the judges still have a conscience. We Russians still believe in it.”
Director of the sports school "Sambo-70" Renat Laishev shared his expectations from the team tournament in figure [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “Can someone compete with Valieva in the short program? I won’t be afraid of this word – no one. Not every man can score 90.”
Evgenia Medvedeva spoke about judging in pair competitions in the Beijing 2022 team event and the upcoming performance [...]
Evgeni Platov: “If I had my way, I would just give Hanyu and Chen two gold medals, I respect both of them so much.”
Interview with two-time Olympic Champion Evgeni Platov. About Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron, Victoria [...]
Adelina Sotnikova: “I sincerely believe that athlete should skate not just 10 years of his life, but at least 20-25 and show the best possible results.”
Interview with Adelina Sotnikova the first Russian Olympic champion in women's skating and now a figure skating coach [...]
Artur Dmitriev: “Quadruple axel will not help Hanyu to win the Olympics, because it’s half- turn under rotated and could be count as a triple axel with mistakes.”
Interview with two-time Olympic champion Artur Dmitriev. About prospects of Russian pairs at the Olympics, men's and [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “The main secret is that Tutberidze does everything in her power to be the best.”
Evgenia Medvedeva for the French newspaper L’Equipe. About her career, training with Tutberidze and Orser, Kamila [...]
Kamila Valieva’s first coach: “Women felt sorry for little girl tormented by the coach, but I forbade them to show pity, because it wasn’t helpful.”
Kamila Valieva's first coach Igor Liutikov about their work. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
Alexandra Trusova about Ilia Malinin’s 4-4 attempt: “I was impressed. Too bad he jumped it ahead of me.”
Kamila Valieva, Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova about Ilia Malinin's 4-4 attempt. View this post on [...]
Tatiana Tarasova: “All three of our girls are great. But best of all are the coaches who prepared them.”
Tatiana Tarasova about the results of European Championships 2022. View this post on Instagram A [...]
Meagan Duhamel: “I would like the judging system to reflect the real performance”
Interview with Meagan Duhamel for Russian media. In the interview Meagan shared who she is rooting for in pair and [...]
Kamila Valieva: “My motto is just to work, work a lot, work to the limit, more, better and it will lead to good attempts.”
Interview with Kamila Valieva. About performing at the Rostelecom Cup, where Kamila set new records, but the athlete [...]