Episode 1753
Kamila Valieva
Sat, 2022-Feb-19 01:34 UTC
Length - 2:40
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With 128,455 views on Friday, 18 February 2022 our article of the day is Kamila Valieva.
Kamila Valeryevna Valieva (Russian: Камила Валерьевна Валиева; Tatar: Камилә Валерий кызы Вәлиева, Kamilä Valeriy qızı Välieva; born 26 April 2006) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2022 European champion, 2021 Rostelecom Cup champion, 2021 Skate Canada International champion, 2022 Russian national champion, and 2021 Russian National silver medalist. She is also a 2022 Olympic champion in the team event. Her competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics sparked controversy after it was confirmed that she had tested positive for trimetazidine, which is banned in sports competition for increasing endurance, and two other substances that are not banned. Two anti-doping cases have been opened as a result of her positive drug test; the first will decide whether Valieva will be awarded for any medal performances at the Beijing Olympics, and the second will investigate Valieva's entourage to determine how the banned substance got into her system. Valieva is the current world record holder for the women's short program, free skating and total scores. She has set nine world records during her career. She is the first female skater to break the 250-, 260- and 270-point thresholds in the total score (all within one season), the first to break the 170- and 180-point thresholds in the free skate, and the first to break the 90-point threshold in the short program. She is the second woman to land the quadruple toe loop after training partner and teammate Alexandra Trusova, the fourth woman to land a quadruple jump of any kind, the 16th woman to land a triple Axel, and the third woman to land a triple Axel and quadruple jump in the same program after Alysa Liu and training partner and teammate Sofia Akateva.
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