‘Really sucks’ – Athlete group pushing for coach and parent punishments amid Kamila Valieva doping storm

A member of the IOC Athletes’ Commission says it is pushing for coaches and parents to be “punished more severely” when their athlete is convicted of doping. Former Olympic fencing champion Britta Heidemann spoke to Eurosport in the wake of 15-year-old Kamila Valieva’s positive test for trimetazidine, a banned heart drug. Ad/> Valieva was cleared to compete in the women’s singles by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday after her provisional suspension was lifted by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).

Beijing 2022Valieva positive test 'due to grandfather mix up', IOC defends response to doping case2 HOURS AGO She has claimed the positive test was due to a mix up with her grandfather’s heart medication. Her B sample is yet to be analysed. Questions have been raised about those around Valieva given she is a minor.

The IOC Athletes’ Commission – and its offshoot IOC Athletes’ Entourage Commission – aims to empower the people around an athlete, effectively sharing responsibility around an athlete’s team. Valieva ‘happy but tired emotionally’ after being cleared to compete ‘The only difference I see is I’m a Black young lady’ – Richardson hits out after Valieva decision When is Valieva skating? Olympic singles schedule after Russian is cleared to compete “It really sucks that the doping cases keep going. We had that once in fencing too,” Heidemann told Eurosport.

“In terms of the process, the A sample is positive, but there is still the B sample that needs to be analysed as part of the fair process. “The CAS decision has been made. But it's getting annoying to bring up similar cases over and over again.