Kamila Valieva treatment by entourage was ‘chilling’ says IOC president Thomas Bach at Winter Olympics 2022

Thomas Bach has hit out at the treatment meted out to Kamila Valieva, calling the behaviour of the 15-year-old's entourage «chilling». Coach Eteri Tutberidze’s first words to Valieva on her exit from the ice rink after she lost out on a medal in the ladies’ singles were to ask her, “why did you let it go?” Ad/> Valieva was the focus of all the build-up to Thursday’s free skate and had the pressure of the world’s attention on her as she skated on following the revelation that she failed a doping test on December 25.

Beijing 2022Trusova glad to get podium moment with Valieva in tears as she misses out on medal8 HOURS AGO A Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling allowed her to compete in the singles, having already won gold in the team event, but CAS will later take a view on whether she can keep that medal. «There is a very sad story about Kamila Valieva,» began Bach at the press conference on Friday.

«I was very disturbed when I watched the competition on TV, in her performance how high the pressure must have been. This pressure is beyond my imagination in particular for a girl of 15 years.

'Why did you stop fighting?' — Coach rebukes Valieva after medal blow 'It was all too much' — Reed says Valieva 'couldn't produce' due to doping storm Valieva falls to miss out on medal as Shcherbakova storms to gold »To see her struggling, trying to compose herself, you can see the immense mental stress, perhaps she would have preferred to leave this story behind her. /> «All of which does not give me confidence in the entourage of Kamila, neither in regard to what happened in the past or as far as it concerns the future.

This was no way to treat a 15-year old under such mental stress. I wish she has the support of her friends and