Tutberidze on Valiyeva at the Russian Championships-2022: “She said that some volunteer treated her to ice cream, a masseuse treated her to tea, something else.”
Tutberidze said that Valieva was treated to tea and ice cream at the World Cup 2022.
Kamila Valieva tested positive for trimetazidine on December 25, 2021 during the Russian Championships in St. Petersburg.
This became known only at the Olympic Games in Beijing after the team event, which was won by the Russian team with Valieva in the lineup.
– In my understanding, Valieva is the best singles skater in the entire existence of figure skating in all components. The question is asked all the time – why a human talent needs such trials. We, like you, don’t understand how it all ends.
– I think that it has affected her and her life in some way. Life doesn’t end with professional sports. In general, it changed her a lot. Before that, Valieva was a sincere child.
Even when she was questioned, I was also: “So, Kamila, quickly tell me what you had on the day of the short program.” She said there that some volunteer treated her with ice cream, masseuse Chikmareva treated her with tea, something else.
I said, “Really? This was all happening?” She says: “Well I don’t know, I’m somehow there…”, – Tutberidze said in an interview with Leonid Slutsky on the YouTube channel “Comment.Show”.
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