Kamila Valieva: US anti-doping chief questions skater’s drug regimen to ‘increase endurance and reduce fatigue’
Two of those substances, Hypoxen and the L-carnitine supplement, are not banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the body that regulates drug use in international sport. Valieva claimed both on a form of doping control, according to a court application filed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in a case that came after it was reported that Valieva had a result. tested positive for a banned substance in December.
The London-based Dossier Center, an investigative website run by an exiled Russian businessman, has published online part of a WADA court application and it has been submitted by Travis Tygart, head of the Agency. United States anti-doping (USADA), review for CNN. The Dossier Center did not release doping control samples or test reports on display in this case, and CNN did not review them.
CNN has contacted CAS and the parties involved in the Valieva arbitration hearing to confirm the validity of The court application was published by the Dossier Center and has not yet received a response. CNN has also reached out to the WADA-accredited laboratory in Sweden, which has been testing Valieva’s sample since December for comment. Tygart, who was not involved in the investigation into the Russian skater, described the application published by the Dossier Center as “accurate and legitimate.”
The presence of supplements increases more questions about the skater’s drug use, according to Tygart. USADA attempted to ban Hypoxen in 2017 due to its performance-enhancing capabilities, but that ban was not implemented, Tygart told CNN.
“It raises a host of questions that have yet to be determined and what appears to be a case of intentional use of a performance-enhancing stimulant,” Tygart said.
“The picture it paints is, you have a 15-year-old kid. Does she have enough lethality as well as the knowledge and financial resources to find and use two drugs, one of which banned TMZ (Trimetazidine) and another Hypoxit, [along with] L-carnitine (a supplement) – to increase endurance and reduce fatigue? “, he said.
According to an application released by the Dossier Center, Valieva’s mother testified in an interim hearing that the athlete took one of the substances, Hypoxen, “to treat ‘variants of the heart.'”
Supradyn, which can be used as an immune-boosting supplement, is also listed on Valieva’s doping control form, according to the application.
Valieva’s positive test results for trimetazidine, although performed in December, were only analyzed and reported to Russia’s anti-doping agency in February, leading to Valieva’s suspension on 8 February. – the day after she helped lead the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to a gold medal. -End theme in figure skating team event.
An emotional Valieva came out on top after a short program of women’s singles on Tuesday. She will compete in the second part of the event – where she is a gold favorite – on Thursday.