Taking a closer look at the doping case of 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva who was caught with a banned heart medication.
U.S. extends medal steak in freeski slopestyle. Thursday has USA vs. Canada in gold medal women's hockey match. Women's figure skating also wraps up.On the surface, the following explanation sounds like just another lame excuse for cheating with drugs in sports:
Yet a big difference in this case is that the same skater, 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, has been taking two other heart treatment substances – an indication that it could be part of a sophisticated performance-enhancing strategy by the Russians. Either that, or she has heart problems at age 15 while still claiming she took one of those heart medications by accident.
Along with the presence of trimetazidine, this raises red flags for Tygart of USADA. That’s because L-carnitine, a dietary supplement, is used to boost metabolism and fight fatigue. Similarly, hypoxen is used to treat oxygen deficiency and fight fatigue as well.Hypoxen is a drug that is not approved for use in the U.S. and is advertised by a Russian company, Cosmic Nootropics, as being “used by athletes to improve physical performance, yet it is not on the WADA Prohibited List.
He said the combined “cocktail” of these three substances used by a 15-year-old Olympic athlete is indicative of a sophisticated performance-enhancing strategy by the Russians, who have a. He said otherwise it’s hard to believe that a 15-year-old would “have the wherewithal and sophistication to be knowingly taking these substances to increase their importance or have the resources to find them.”
. In that case, a Russian medical official suggested the bobsledder’s mother, a doctor, gave her heart medicine containing the substance. Valieva’s test revealed 2.1 nanograms per milliliter, according to the WADA document. Kintz called this a “low concentration.” Two scientific experts working on her behalf at a recent hearing took the position that the concentration was compatible with contamination but also acknowledged that it was compatible with the end of the excretion period after a full dose of trimetazidine, according to the document.
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