The figure skating star was dressed all in black and nodded politely to the people who had come to the airport. Some fans held up handmade cardboard and banners. “You’re a fairy” or “Kamila, you’re such a smart girl” could be read on it.
The banned metabolic modulator trimetazidine was discovered in a Valieva sample from December 25.
The sample was only evaluated on February 8 – one day after the victory of the Russian Olympic Committee around Valieva in the team competition at the Olympic Winter Games.
After some legal hiccups and objections from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA, the CAS on Monday gave Valieva conditional permission to start in the individual competition.
After a freestyle fall: the trainer confronts Valieva