“I was depressed”: Adelina Sotnikova said that they found doping in her 06/07/2023, 08:05

The first Olympic champion in the history of Russian sports in women’s single skating commented on the doping case of another Russian figure skater, Kamila Valiyeva. At the Beijing Games, Russian skaters won the team tournament, and then it was known that Camila’s doping test was positive. The athlete was still able to compete, but there she took only fourth place, because she fell twice during the program and could not handle the excitement and stress.

“Everyone could see perfectly what state she was in,” said Sotnikova. – Well, a 15-year-old child who signed up for the Olympics… He has a chance to get another gold, and here from all sides: here are the media, here are some news, comments. It’s clear she hasn’t read it, but it’s still very mentally taxing. Another way to suppress a Russian woman? Everything is possible.”

After these words, the champion of the Olympic Games in Sochi admitted for the first time that she is in a similar situation. The figure skater said she experienced extreme stress when her doping test came back positive.

“I remember the year 2014, when after some time they said that they found doping in me, I had to undergo a trial and all this had to be. But then they exonerated me because they opened the second sample and everything was fine with me. I was terrible, I was depressed, “said Adelina in an interview on the FM Tatarka channel.

The recognition of the 27-year-old athlete caused a great response. Honored coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova said that she first heard about the positive doping test for Sotnikova. “I don’t know anything about it,” assured a jury member of the Ice Age show. — I don’t think that’s true. These are the things you need to know. Ask Buyan.

Trainer Elena Buyanova, who previously worked with Adelina, reacted sharply to her confession. “Complete nonsense,” she replied to the Sport24 portal.

Sotnikova left the big sport in 2020. “I want to have children,” the skater explained.

In October last year, Adeline gave birth to her first child. She named the baby Adrian. The young mother said that the father of the child is called Dmitry, he is a tennis player.

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