On the evening of January 30, Kamila Valieva, a Russian figure skater nicknamed "K-Bao" by fans, posted a 15-second personal figure skating ** on social platforms. This is Valieva's first online appearance after the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced the relevant ban.
On January 29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that Russian figure skater Valieva was banned for four years for allegedly violating the Anti-Doping Regulations, starting in December 2021, when the doping test was conducted, and ending in December next year, and all results during this period, including Valieva's figure skating team championship for the Russian Olympic Committee team at the Beijing Winter Olympics, will be cancelled. A four-year ban could result in Valieva not being able to qualify for Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026.
Valieva is a highly talented figure skater, and once she entered the senior competition, she steadily used quadruple jumps, which many men struggled to master, and won every race with a record-breaking result. However, on December 25, 2021, during the Russian Figure Skating National Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia, it was detected that the banned ingredient trimetazidine was found in his body. In February of the following year, Valieva participated in the Beijing Winter Olympics amid controversy. Although he helped the Russian Olympic Committee team win the championship in the figure skating team event, he finished fourth in the individual event and missed out on a medal.
The International Skating Union (ISU) recalculated the team figure skating results for the Beijing Winter Olympics after Valieva's results were cancelled due to a ban, and Valieva's individual results were deducted from the team events at the Beijing Winter Olympics, but the scores of other Russian athletes were not changed. In the end, the United States and Japan won gold and silver medals, while the rest of the Russian athletes won bronze medals. In addition, the ISU also stripped Valieva of her gold medal at the 2022 European Championships, and Shcherbakova was officially recognized as the 2022 European Champion.
In this short ** released by Valieva on the evening of the 30th, the sad and beautiful melody is intertwined with the dancing posture of the figure skating girl, showing an extremely complex inner world, which has aroused praise and heated discussions among countless people. It was also the first time she spoke out since the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced the relevant ban.
In response to the incident, netizens also expressed different opinions: "It's a pity that such a beautiful dance is banned in the most beautiful years"; "It's really dramatic how things have turned out back then. It's not just this medal that's a sigh, it's the brutal iteration of the Russian women's singles figure skating that fell on her personal career"; "The deletion of only one person from Valieva will not affect the other athletes of the Russian Olympic team. This approach protects the interests of other athletes, and there is nothing wrong with it. ”
Text: Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zhou Xueshuai.
Edited by Wang Haozhou.