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Two-time Winter Olympic champion Katarina Witt has openly wept as she slammed the treatment of 15-year-old Russian Kamila Valieva at the Beijing Games.
This was not supposed to be the way story ended. Not in anybody's book.
(Reuters) - The Sport & Rights Alliance on Friday requested a meeting with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to discuss what it said were human rights abuses at the Beijing Winter Games, including the doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva.
The Sport & Rights Alliance on Friday requested a meeting with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to discuss what it said were human rights abuses at the Beijing Winter Games, including the doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva.
IOC President Thomas Bach joined the global bandwagon of support for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva Friday, criticizing her entourage and questioning whether 15-year-old athletes should be put under such pressure at the Olympics.
The spotlight has shifted from Kamila Valieva to her entourage after the 15-year-old’s tearful exit from the ladies’ singles at Beijing 2022. A distraught Valieva came off the ice to rapturous applause from spectators, but her coach’s first words to her were, “why did you let it go?” Ad/> That brought criticism from IOC president Thomas Bach. Beijing 2022Sui and Han amaze again for new pairs figure skating world recordAN HOUR AGO The coach in question, Eteri Tutberidze, has a stable of incredible young Russia figure skaters, including the three at the centre of Thursday’s drama: gold medallist Anna Shcherbakova, silver medallist Alexandra Trusova and Valieva.
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Former Olympic figure skating champion Aljona Savchenko admits she cried after seeing Kamila Valieva crumble on the world stage, saying “what happened must never happen again”. A distraught Valieva, 15, finished off the podium in the ladies’ singles after a catalogue of slips and falls, while her coach Eteri Tutberidze's first words to her were, “why did you let it go?” Ad/> Criticism is mounting on the Russian figure skating entourage after gold medallist Anna Shcherbakova admitted she “felt emptiness inside”, silver medallist Alexandra Trusova said she “will never go out on the ice again” and the cold response to Valieva’s plight. Beijing 2022IOC will 'initiate' talks on minimum age limit amid Valieva furore3 HOURS AGO IOC president Thomas Bach was among those to reproach Valieva’s team, calling the behaviour “chilling”.