US EditionWADA President Unhappy that Controversial Russian Figure Skating Coach Is Working at Milan Olympics
WADA president Witold Banka voiced discomfort over Eteri Tutberidze coaching at the Olympics despite no legal grounds to exclude her, citing past doping controversy involving Kamila Valieva.
- On Thursday in Milan, WADA president Witold Banka said he is not comfortable with Eteri Tutberidze's presence at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and that WADA cannot stop her accreditation.
- During the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Valieva, then 15, tested positive for the banned heart medication trimetazidine while coached by Eteri Tutberidze, who faced legal scrutiny.
- Tutberidze coaches Nika Egadze, European champion accredited with Georgia, and has long worked with Adeliia Petrosian, an 18-year-old Individual Neutral Athlete and gold contender; her daughter Diana Davis competes for Georgia in ice dance with Gleb Smolkin.
- Rules change: minimum age for skaters raised to 17, and Banka said the 2022 controversy led to stronger measures against coaching personnel.
- As the Games open on Friday, Witold Banka, WADA president, said at a Milan press conference, `So there is no legal base to exclude her presence during the Olympic Games`.
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Olympics-WADA chief uncomfortable with former Valieva coach at Milano Games
MILAN, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Thursday he felt uncomfortable at the presence at the Milano Cortina Olympics of Eteri Tutberidze, former coach of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva who was at the heart of a doping scandal at the Beijing 2022 Games.
WADA chief uncomfortable with former Valieva coach at Milano Games
MILAN, Feb 5 - The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Thursday he felt uncomfortable at the presence at the Milano Cortina Olympics of Eteri Tutberidze, former coach of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva who was at the heart of a doping scandal at the Beijing 2022 Games. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Olympics: WADA chief "not comfortable" with ex-Valieva coach being in Milan
The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday expressed unease that the former coach of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who was at the center of a doping controversy at the 2022 Games, is involved with another athlete at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
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WADA president unhappy that Russian skater Valieva's former coach is working at Milan Olympics
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s former coach is back at the Winter Olympics, this time working with a Georgian athlete, and the World Anti-Doping Agency isn’t happy about it. WADA president Witold Banka said at the Milan Cortina Games that…
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