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submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 121 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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@sh.itjust.works 49 points 7 months ago

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

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 54 points 7 months ago

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@sh.itjust.works 15 points 7 months ago

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@lemmy.ca 47 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

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).

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

So now even our Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, is a junky. This is emblematic of what is happening to our Country. The whole world is laughing at us as we go to hell on our Borders, our fake Presidential Election, and everywhere else!

https://web.archive.org/web/20210509170756/https://www.donaldjtrump.com/desk/desk-8pttbep59x/

[-] villainy@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

As if the horse was tying off and shooting up in the stable outhouse.

This episode of BoJack just got real dark.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works -1 points 7 months ago

Ya :( Wonder if skating in the first place was at least a voluntary decision.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

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

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