Tarasova appreciated Valieva's prospects on the ice

Figure skater Kamila Valieva has a lot to show at the upcoming competitions. This opinion was shared on January 18 by Honored coach of the USSR Tatiana Tarasova.

"I am delighted with this news! Well done. It's an act! She will show exactly what she can do today. I haven't been to her training sessions, but I think she can already do a lot," RIA Novosti quoted Tarasova as saying.

Earlier that day, Valieva announced that she would compete at the Russian Jumping Championships and the Channel One Cup.

In October last year, it became known that Valieva, who was suspended from competitions for four years due to the doping scandal, would return to big-time sports after December 25.

At the end of January 2024, the CAS found Valieva guilty of violating anti-doping rules. The skater was disqualified for four years for using trimetazidine. Valiyeva's defense was based on the fact that the banned drug could enter her body with the dessert that her grandfather had prepared. The CAS found the version untenable.

The period of ineligibility of the Russian athlete begins on December 25, 2021. All results of the athlete from this date are annulled. In March 2024, she was excluded from the Russian figure skating team.

In July of the same year, the CAS rejected an appeal by the Russian Olympic Committee and the Russian Figure Skating Federation to deprive the figure skaters, including Valieva, of gold at the 2022 Olympics.

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