Kamila Valieva: Adam Rippon says adults around ‘completely failed her’, urges ban on child participation
The “devastating” Kamila Valieva scandal has shone a light on urgent issues around child participation in sport, according to former American figure skater Adam Rippon. In an interview with Eurosport, Rippon claimed Valieva was a «victim», hit out at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for going easy on Russia, said the adults around the athlete “completely failed her” and called for figure skaters to be barred from the Olympics until turning 18.
