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Russian Figure Skater Kamila Valieva Blames Positive Drug Test On Her Grandfather’s Strawberry Dessert?!

Kamila Valieva blamed her positive drug test on WHAT?!? During the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the 17-year-old Russian figure skater was at the

In documents from the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Kamila claimed she ate the dessert “by bits” throughout the competition — hence “the extremely low quantity of [TMZ] in her” system. Although the panel at the Court of Arbitration for Sport felt Kamila was “an honest, straightforward and credible witness,” there was no “concrete evidence” to back her story other than her grandfather’s statement that he was taking TMZ. The decision to ban Kamila led the International Skating Union to move the Russian team down to the bronze medal position since her score was removed from their total.

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