The Central Bank raises the stake, RUSADA is against Valieva's entourage. Highlights of the day

Doping was found in Valieva’s samples, the Central Bank raised the rate for the eighth time in a row and threatened to raise it further,Zyuganov was hospitalized - the main news in the RBC review

Problems with Valieva's samples

It became finally clear that the doping test of Kamila Valieva, passed in December 2021, turned out to be positive: traces of the banned substance trimetazidine were found in it.

As it turned out, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) agreed with the skater's appeal and lifted her restriction on further performance at the Games. Neither the IOC nor WADA agreed to this and filed an appeal. Whether Valieva will perform in singles competitions will now be decided by the visiting session of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The fate of the Russian gold medal in the figure skating team tournament is still unclear. RUSADA, meanwhile, began its own investigation, the defendants of which were Valieva's staff - it can be both about the coaching staff and about the staff of the sports facilities where the skater trains. “The purpose of this investigation is to identify all the circumstances of a possible anti-doping rule violation in the interests of a “protected person,” RUSADA said in a statement. RUSADA also reported

Russia won another silver medal and moved up in the medal standings - read the results of the day of the Olympics on RBC Sport.

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