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.

  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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    11 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.

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    That took a long fucking time. Opposed to the US sprinter who tested positive for a non-performance enhancing drug (weed) and was giving a suspension just 9 days after initial test results. Keeping her from even going to her games.

    This girl had tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and was still allowed to compete. So they could take the next two years to get their shit together. Look I know she was 15 and probably had a choice on where to take them, but that doesn’t justify the wildly different responses.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/sha-carri-richardson-could-miss-olympics-after-failed-drug-test-n1272960

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    Imagine winning the gold medal two years after you lost it. Imagine trying to explain the celebration party to people and them not caring or believing you.

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    Ban Russia forever. They deserve it.

    The only title they are worthy of is “weak” and/or “cheater”.

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      I don’t think they should be banner “forever”, but definitely increasing lengths the more this goes on.

      They should also have to pay a lot of concessions to other nations if they want back in.

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        We can ban Russia but let individuals that met and test international standards compete

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        “Russia” is not a race and people of all races world be prevented from representing Russia. You might be looking for “xenophobia”.

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          It seems like every young person uses “racism” as synonymous for “discrimination against any group for any reason.”

          I’ve given up arguing. Religious fighting = racism. Nations fighting = racism. Musical preferences = definitely racism.

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            Yes because we are lacking the words with proper impact. But it’s the same kind of hatred based on otherness. The same fascist mechanism based on an mythological identity and believe in inequality. All Russians are and should be banned. We are the good ones. The way the left / progressive / liberals latched on to the warmongering over the war in Ukraine was shocking, instead of discussing (amoral) geopolitical motivations for this conflict and seeking diplomatic compromises it was just described as some good vs evil bullshit. And the fucking “leftist racists” are eating it up. Right here on lemmy. Ban Russia forever lol. I don’t care if Russian is technically not an ethnicity, Slavic people are.

            But I’ve given up arguing as well and just made a little shitpost.

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        No unless you like redefining words to fit your narrative.

        Last I checked Russia was a country not a race. Many different races live in Russia so you might want to learn what racism is.

        If we banned USA from the Olympics would that also be “racism”?

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          Technically you are right, but I heard your dog whistle. I should have said that it is fascist: Russia, because of their inherent russianess are evil scum and should be banned forever from competing at the olympics which is mean to bring different people together peacefully.

          Because we are the good guys who would never cheat or meddle in foreign elections or invade other countries because they threaten our supremacy.

          It’s the exact same mechanism as racism, a fascist believe in the superiority of us against an inherently evil other.

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    I feel really bad for this girl. Disqualifying her was the right move, but I highly doubt a fifteen-year-old representing Russia in the Olympics was given much choice as to whether she wanted to use performance enhancers or not. On top of that, she got four year ban from professional skating, which basically robbed her of her peak professional years. Her career was basically destroyed by something that was, best case senerio, a mistake she made at fifteen or, wost (and more likely) case, something that was forced on her by her trainers/managers.

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    Should have happened during the Olympics, but the IOC gave the Russians the win.

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    Wow this is the first time ever I’ve heard of Russia cheating on something because they couldn’t win from skill alone.

    /S

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      I strongly disagree. The Olympics are one of the best things humanity does. Are the people running it corrupt scum? Pretty much. But the Olympics are one of the only times the whole world comes together to at least attempt to do something positive.

      Also, have you ever watched the 49 kg (108 lb) women’s weightlifting competition? They look like ants lifting multiple times their body weight. It’s fucking awesome.

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        I’d rather not reward the IOC with my patronage and eyeballs viewing the blatant consumerism and capitalistic nature of what should be a wonderful event. The IOC takes home billions and the athletes get nothing.

        Sorry, I vote with my wallet and my principles.

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    Just another dirty Russian cheater, second only to china’s culture of cheating/theft.

    This poor girl was undoubtedly forced into taking the meds, ruining her future.

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    I can’t imagine how the Canadian team is feeling with their medal chances on limbo over these two years

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    The amount of anti-Russia comments on account of a known issue in competitive sports is disturbing. Does everything nowadays have to be about either “Russia bad” or “China bad”? Can’t it be about how exceptionally talented young people are pressured into doping because of ever increasing and often impossible to reach performance standards? I feel we have collectively lost a sense of measure in our response and have replaced a global outlook seeing global solutions to global problems with a nationalistic and sectarian us vs them attitude. And shudder to think that inside those countries it is exactly the same in reverse, possibly worse even.

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        Woah. That was not transphobic. It was a call back to the great Fatima Whitbread. Perhaps you are too young to remember the unusually masculine Whitbread hurl a javelin further than 99% of men.