Winter Olympics: Kamila Valieva failed drug test confirmed [View all]
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Winter Olympics: Kamila Valieva failed drug test confirmed
By Anna Thompson
BBC Sport in Beijing
Last updated on 11 February 2022 11 February 2022.
From the section Winter Olympics
Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old Russian figure skating star who helped her team win Winter Olympic gold in Beijing, failed a drugs test in December.
Valieva, who was the first female skater to land a quadruple jump at an Olympics as her team won last Monday, had a sample collected on 25 December at the Russian Figure Skating Championships in St Petersburg.
But the positive result was only reported on Tuesday - the day after she helped to win team gold, but before the medal ceremony had taken place.
Valieva tested positive for trimetazidine, which is used in the prevention of angina attacks, but is on the banned list because it is classed as a cardiac metabolic modulator and has been proven to improve physical efficiency.
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