Famous figure skater of the former Soviet UnionTriple Olympic champion Irina Rodnina recently spoke about the future of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva. On January 9, 2024, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) banned Valieva from the competition for four years. The disqualification date was December 25, 2021, and from that date onwards, all of her race results were cancelled.

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva

"Valieva's future in figure skating is murky. She's talented, but the reality is that our figure skaters won't go back to their old level after a ban. Maybe Valieva will be an exception to the rules, but it's hard to believe that she can do that," Rodnina said in an interview with RB Sports.

As a result of the anti-doping rules, Valieva lost the gold medal in women's single skating at the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, the gold, silver (2022) and bronze medals in women's single skating at the 2021 Russian Figure Skating Championships, and the silver medal in the Grand Prix of Russia Figure Skating Finals (2023). However, according to TASS, Russian figure skater Valieva has yet to return any of the medals she was stripped of. The head of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSAD) said about the redistribution of Valieva's medals: "The organizers of the competition must first change the results of the competition. ”