Olympic Skater's Doping Excuse: Blaming Grandpa's Strawberry Dessert
Originally Published 1 year ago — by The Associated Press
The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's explanation that a contaminated strawberry dessert caused her positive doping test, imposing a four-year ban after her positive test for a banned heart medication at the Russian championships. Valieva's lawyers argued that her grandfather's medication accidentally contaminated the dessert, but the judges found too many shortcomings in the evidence to accept the explanation. The Russian team was stripped of its Olympic title, and Valieva's results were disqualified, with the United States declared champions.