No matter how much grievances are felt outside, it doesn't matter if you have the support of your family. Kamila Valieva, a beautiful Russian figure skating girl nicknamed "K Treasure" by fans, should have a personal experience of this. A little over a month ago, she was banned by the IOC for four years, cancelling all of her results since December 25, 2021, including the team gold medal she won at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Today, one month later, as the most distinguished guest in China, she was arranged to stand next to Putin to attend and observe the first Future Games held in Kazan.
On February 21, the International Games of the Future, which combines esports with traditional sporting events, kicked off in Kazan, with 107 countries represented, including representatives from the United States, the United Kingdom and other Western countries. Leaders of friendly countries, including Kazakh Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan Zhaparov, Uzbekistan Mirziyoyev, Tajikistan Rahmon, and Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska Dodik were invited to attend the event.
At the opening ceremony, Valieva and former Russian footballer Arshavin, one left and one right, were arranged to sit next to Putin, the VIP seat of the rostrum, followed by foreign heads of state. Such a seating arrangement naturally highlights that this is an international sports event, and athletes are well-deserved protagonists. From another point of view, Valieva has just been banned by the International Olympic Committee, but she was honored to attend the opening ceremony as an outstanding representative of female athletes, which shows her unconditional support and high recognition for Valieva, and her contempt for the IOC's ruling.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Valieva made a splash in the figure skating team event and landed a quadruple jump, but then was exposed to a scandal involving illegal drugs. K-Bao, who was hit by this major blow, was in no form in the figure skating women's singles competition, made mistakes after mistakes, and finally finished fourth and missed the podium. On January 29 this year, the Court of Arbitration for Sport made a ruling on the drug taking incident of K-Bao: a four-year ban and cancellation of all results after December 25, 2021. On the same day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Valieva's ban was a completely politicized decision and that Russia would appeal.
For Valieva's experience, Russian Putin is also very sympathetic. On April 26, 2022, at the celebration held by the Kremlin for the athletes participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics, Putin personally encouraged K. Bao: "Everything that has nothing to do with sports should be discarded, continue to move forward, and win the next victory." 100% yes! No problem! Putin also gave K-Po a silk scarf as a gift for her 16th birthday.
Russia's high-level grand hosting of the international "Future Games" also shows Russia's current attitude and position in dealing with the international community -- on the one hand, it welcomes international friendly personages, including Western countries, to come to Russia with open arms to conduct exchanges and interactions in various fields such as sports, humanities and other fields, and on the other hand, it will never succumb to the sanctions and suppression of Western-dominated international organizations. To some extent, the more people who are sanctioned and attacked by the West, the more qualified they are to be enshrined as a national hero of Russia.
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