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Kamila Valieva was plied with 56 medicines aged 13 to 15

Kamila Valieva was plied with 56 medicines aged 13 to 15
Leading anti-doping chief calls for action against entourage of the Russian ice skater after revelation of the ‘sickening’ treatment programme she was exposed to

Kamila Valieva, the teenage Russian ice skater stripped of her Olympic medal after a positive drugs test, was given 56 different medications between the ages of 13 and 15 in what a leading anti-doping chief described as a “sickening” treatment programme.

Team doctors gave Valieva a cocktail of heart drugs, muscle-boosting amino acid supplements and legal performance enhancers in the two years before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Details of a positive test for a banned drug were revealed shortly after Valieva, then 15, had helped Russia win gold in the team skating event with a stunning performance on the ice.

In January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced that it had banned Valieva for four years after her positive test in December

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