This is what many of us were saying when Valieva was somehow allowed to compete in the individual when all of this came out. The WADA rules were very clear and easy-to-read. That panel during the emergent hearing came to their rationale for their decision to allow Valieva to compete in the individual event out from their behinds.
Eteri should get a lifetime ban from ISU. I hold her more accountable than the athlete, although the athlete is also responsible. Much like harassment rules, she is in position of authority and needs to be held at a higher standard.
I bet it's because a lot of CAS rulings are starting to get appealed based on the charters signed by the European Convention on Human Rights that Russia was a signatory of at the time of this issue. Some CAS decisions were getting overturned for due process reasons (not on the merits specifically in many cases). The rights of the athletes from member states are based on this convention and even the EU human rights charter.
They can cry harder. It doesn't change the facts that Valieva was doped, and should have never been able to compete in Beijing.
This is what I think too. In gymnastics, to me, the rules read as if it is the national federation's responsibility to make sure all team athletes are age-eligible so it makes sense that the whole federation is disqualified in a team event for an age violation. In track and field/swimming, if an athlete is DQ in a team event for doping, it means they didn't complete the course so the team is DQ. Apart from that, I can't think of examples on doping eliminating a whole national team unless you have a Sochi 2014 state sponsored issue (and even then we have had ROC or OAR).
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Now they have a different version of events: grandpa prepared a cake
The article mentions in such a case, the entourage should also be investigated. Not sure how they would go about that now, but works for me.
Now they have a different version of events: grandpa prepared a cake
Of course!
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And Putins baby mama on top of it. Canˋt make this stuff up. And claimed they just took medication helping with premenstrual syndrom at the time.
I don't have a strong opinion on this, but I don't see a real justification of DQ the entire team. They wouldn't have been ineligible to compete if Valieva was disqualified, and unlike with gymnastics team, where the officials/coaches of the other athletes were directly involved, as far as I'm aware right now, the rest of the Russian team, including, interestingly enough, Tutberidze, is not accused in anything.
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So let the team that cheated keep their medal? NiceI don't have a strong opinion on this, but I don't see a real justification of DQ the entire team. They wouldn't have been ineligible to compete if Valieva was disqualified, and unlike with gymnastics team, where the officials/coaches of the other athletes were directly involved, as far as I'm aware right now, the rest of the Russian team, including, interestingly enough, Tutberidze, is not accused in anything.
Which brings be back to my original point, this idiotic event was just made up to allow the big federations getting an additional medal, and it has nothing to do with actual competition that would make any sense.
And with Sadovski being a potential medalist, I'm voting for giving Russians the bronze at any cost
Holy cow. They really went into the hearing with a story like that? That's dumber than theOf course!
Защита Валиевой исходила из версии о загрязнённом пирожном, приготовленном дедушкой
Россиянку дисквалифицировали на четыре года.
story, and I didn't think anything dumber was possible. What a bunch of amateurs.
I am sure that Eteri Tutberidze could forgive Kamila Valieva for inadvertently doping herself, but for eating cake?! Never!Now they have a different version of events: grandpa prepared a cake
They didn’t cheat don’t be ridiculous
The team didn't cheat. A skater did. This entire event has nothing "teamy" about it, and there's zero connection between the team members. It's more akin to these fun statistics of "which country won the most medals", where for some reason, additional medals are given to the top three of these statistics.
He's Ukrainian!!!
Hey, all those "team" members are more than happy to call themselves Olympic champions and benefit from that achievement financially. Live by the "team", die by the "team" and suffer the consequences if one of the "team" members decides to cheat.
Having an athlete in the team who wasn't clean is cheating. One team member breaks the rules, the whole team is stripped. That's some mental gymnastics your doing
