Tara Lipinski, Adam Rippon & Kristi Yamaguchi Say Kamila Valieva Shouldn't Be Skating 

Why a test result of a previous competition in Europe needs two months to come to Beijing Olympic?

The field seems generally weak this Olympics, or perhaps there are just no real, big established names. Hard to get into it. Wondering why it took so long for a positive test from Dec. 25 to be reported? It's got to be a disappointing Olympic experience for both Valieva and the remaining competitors. Not sure how the IOC can get away with not having a team medal ceremony???

There is a B sample. Test both samples at the same time and make sure both sample are authentic. Very strange that Kamila’ tests were clean right before and during her stay in Beijing

Her coaches were also behind it

Kamila’s coach and doctors need to be investigated. Do not think Kamila knew what’s going on. The lab which gave delayed results report is responsible for this mess. The whole thing could be avoided had they released the results on time. Suspicious of the timing of this test results release.

How did it get it get mixed with her grandpa’s medicine. Oh on a glass of water. You never drink or eat from anyone especially family. Only the Russians can dope I guess! Sad day in sports!

The statement about her drinking from her grandfather’s glass is hilarious. That totally explains everything 🤪

From a glass of water her grandfather used to take his medicine?😂😂😂😂 I bet she hasn't seen her grandfather in years.

There is more to this story and alot of red flag, one being the delayed timing in sample results being released. Let's hold off judgement until all the questions are answered.

Why did it take so long to get the results? How long does it normally take? Did anyone else get tested on the 25th? When did they get results?

How to end a figure skating career and cancel endorsements by age 15

It was so nice not to hear johnnie and tara speak through a performance

just pure envi

I don't know much about her, but it's weird how only Russian athletes dopped. Really? no others?? Sure it's not geopolitics playing???

I was wondering why they allowed her to still compete. The trouble with that statement about her being caused irreparable harm if she didn't compete is that now not only do you ruin the spirit of the Olympics but also as a fifteen-year-old she has to deal with the immense pressure from the coach to do well, being scrutinized by pretty much everybody in the whole wide world and it's not really a good experience so what do you mean by irreparable harm? I feel like that was already had because she broke down

I am proud of all athletes who train and compete clean! Their hearts are at peace. Worth more than a medal.

Rules are rules for a reason. Then Lance Armstrong should get his titles back.

The level of Valieva's talent, beauty, charm, flexibility and mastery can not be achieved by using doping. This girl is clean and pure. She is a great example and big inspiration for everyone who loves this sport. Figure skating sport becomes attractive for people only when they see all this beauty, elegance, grace, femininity and mastery that a skater brings in this sport making it an Art. Otherwise, watching just skater's steps, spins, jumps and other elements is boring and not interesting at all.

Simon Viles, Phels, Ledeki, Froome, Wiggins, sisters Williams, all clean?

Leave the kid alone I bet most of these has beens had her ability at that age

She skated clean at the Olympics, the tests are from another tournament. Also, i think she was set up, why would a 15 year old have 3 different heart medications in her system? Doping is very rare in figure skating, it's done by the older athletes, not a 15 year old!

Fun fact also queen yuna Kim also said she doesn’t think positive skater should be skating

Such a pity for skaters who cannot perform as great as Kamila, but give such comments. You better be training 24/7 to achieve that results as some other skaters.

Chill out people… they are going to be investigating the situation. Nobody’s getting a medal, including Valieva, until its all cleared up.

They had to be diplomatic. They couldn't banish a kid without time for investigation. There will probably be.no medals. Kids are kids. Let the kids skate. We will go back and deal with the adults upon full investigation. But to blame the kids is not where the committee was willing to go.

Who cares what they think, it's not up to them to decide.

Firstable, you both have to fire your stylists!!! You’re got hired(!!!) and paid for commenting on skates, not to judge!!!!

Everyone has a strong opinion about this case yet they don't have the facts and details about it. There must be a valid reason why she was allowed to compete. I find it suspicious that the sample was taken in December of the previous year and the results were only reported just before the Team event. She is a minor and the officials should be more responsible in handling this case. I am also suspicious of those who will directly benefit if this case goes out of hand. Some athletes and news agencies in a particular country are exaggerating their reports and trying to insinuate something that puts immense pressure on this young athlete. Kamila is truly talented... way better than the "legends" featured in this report. When you are a class of your own, when your greatness outshine those who are mediocre, they will try to bring you down. Such a bunch of whiners. Let the due process take its course.

What the public fails to consider is a freaking rule for a sport. No drugs, here is the list of drugs. Nothing to do with being black or young. These women set a horrible example to young girls all over the world and should be ashamed to even have the honor of a sportswoman to ask to compete even being aware after the fact.

Figure skaters would love to say more but cant because of their image for hating on another competitor and having to maintain a "good" demeanor for their own career. But the reality is rules are rules and they chose not to follow it.

Dear Russian friends who read this post, I am French and do not speak a word of Russian, so I express myself in English. You must Know that you are not alone in the face of the big Anglo-Saxon propaganda which takes advantage of Valieva's misfortunes to accuse you. Many people in France are seriously beginning to be fed up with this American propaganda that is imposed on us all year round. We haven't forgotten that you spoke French at the Tsar's court. I hope we will do this great europe again, which goes from brest (in france) to vladivostok. In the meantime, I wish the best to this wonderful Kamila Valieva and the worst to those who are hounding this fifteen-year-old girl.

You might be the best skater of this generation but a positive drug test is a positive drug test. They shouldn't allow her to skate.

Double standard of the IOC has rather destructive impact to "all the pure sportsmanship athletes" coming to the Olympic games.

so, when Tara ignored Kamila during her Olympic performance is the moment i gave up viewing her commentaries on women's singles figure skating. Though, any figure skaters hating on Kamila may be thought of as narrow-minded. My intuition tells me Kamila is so pure and wholesome and that any allegations against her must be errant. i 'm ashamed to be American sometimes when people like Tara Lipinski rush to harsh judgement and apply punishing actions. Lastly, i never want to say anything negative about individual American ice skaters. They are all wonderful young ladies, especially Mariah Bell and Isabeau Levito, who are absolutely delightful beauties.

Kamila Valieva is only 15 years of age. They ordered her what to do. This is not just one individual decision. They need to investigate this matter.

It would be more likely that there was a pill on the floor an she fell forward and swallowed it by accident... What a terrible excuse they gave, they are making things even worse. It's a shame because she is a great athlete and would have won without drugs anyway, now she will have gold but with a dark cloud on top of her which will be impossible to forget.

You cant excuse cheating because shes 15 when that is more of the norm age in the sport. If the argument is that she wasnt able to control what she ate then she shouldnt have been allowed to compete but that is not the case.

God! The way she pronounces Kamila's name hurts my ears.

0:20 Johnny looks like he could be in the Hunger Games

I was even thinking that even Lance Armstrong Must Be Wondering like what the heck IOC?

It’s so disgusting that a 15 year old girl is being used as a propaganda piece. Olympics are supposed to bring us together in fair sport. Apparently somebody didn’t get the memo🤮

Rules are rules and whether you like it or not, she is skating. That is the way it is written for minors. Now this does not mean she is in the clear. They could still take away the medals.

Who does she think she is, Lance Armstrong, or Tonya Harding?

wow, such hateful olympic athletes, show some compassion

Agree

Four chickens crow over a Phoenix.

Nobody cares about their opinions! Valieva is far better than any US skater!

Confused people! !! Kamila like every other winter olympic participants has been tested in Beijing upon arrival and before competition and she was tested clean !!! SUDDENLY December test came when she was the gold winner. What a dirty scenario, ?????

Rejoice, USA! You have achieved your purpose! You broke Kamila psychologically! Rejoice, haters, Tara, Adam!

GO.

You should be happy to see this amazing girl skating!! It's such a beautiful art!!! She is a brilliant athlete, she was preparing for Olympics so hard, you need to be stupid to use drugs, she doesn't need them to win, Kamila became a European champion when her tests were clear, her tests in China are also clear. This one with a very small amount of drug was made in December 25, and instead of coming in 20 days, came exactly on the day when Russian team won. And today she took first place in the short program being totally clean and despite all your negativity and psychological pressure. Be kind and acknowledge an outstanding figure skater!

But she is and you are just going to have to deal with it

Kamila Valieva causes only respect! Those who speak and write nasty things about her have a black soul. No doping will help you ride so divinely. Adequate people understand that only years of hard work and talent can give a skater such a result. She has repeatedly passed tests, including in Beijing, all tests are negative. As for the positive test that appeared suspiciously immediately after winning the team competition (I don’t believe in such coincidences), we need to investigate how the microdose got in and whether it was at all. So far, everything is at the level of statements and conjectures. Therefore, Camila was allowed to individual competitions as there is no evidence. There would be facts, removed and did not listen!!!

Why hasn’t Michelle Kwan commented?

WHY???WHY??????WHY?????

Wow Kamila is a complete legend! and at 15 years old wow! I like how people for some reason complain without googling about how many athletes cheated in the world and got more than one golden medals. On top of that, those athletes much older. And for sure Kamila didn't cheat. There are so many people with "asthma" get extra help. If people have asthma then they should just quit or try how it is. To get so much pressure at 15 and they still get first place just awesome!

How unfortunate for the entire ROC team, but rules are rules. This should have not happened. I do t care about anyone except this 15 year fabulous skater and how she has been subjected to another set of predators.

i haven't seen enough criticism of Tara Lipinski, how she disrespected Kamila Valieva during the Olympics. maybe it's out there, but let me tell you, this golden girl sure relinquished her sheen by dissing Kamila during the Olympics. No longer a fan of Tara because of her poor judgement. i love Kamila! she is incredible!

Sh’carri needs to stop dragging her mothers death and race into it. Its more about age than race. Her statement should’ve been that what she tested positive for was not a performance enhancing drug, but Valieva’s was.

If she had a banned substance, she should have been banned. Any country caught doping should be banned.

The poor kid probably had no idea what they gave her. She probably had no idea what she was given. But, ShaCarrie there is a double standard! However we have to all be clean to participate in nearly any sport at any level. Especially your level.

The test is from mid December. The substance does not have a long lasting effect. It produces effect on the heart when is present in the blood stream in sufficient concentration and is washed out with urine rather fast. This is why it is usually taken 2 times a day if prescribed as medication. The recent Kamila's tests, taken before the current competition, did not show the presence of the substance. She is clean. The traces of substance found in her urine-whatever was the cause of it- in December by no way can give her any advantage over the other competing athletes now.

It’s too political now.

The media doesn't report the details properly, on purpose, it is all about opinions. there were 3 international lawyers making the decision to give her due process. She was not supposed to be named as an individual as it is still a suspicion according to law, and IOC is abusing her and defaming her. It is a SHAME that ppl are so obsessed with medals. The screw up in the lab only harmed Russia. They would have won team with their other female super talents. And SHAME ON ATHLETES WHO WANT TO STOP HER PERFORMING. I am not Russian but i am glad i can watch her, and that common sense won over stupidity! who cares about medals... it will be russian gold either way. Olympics is not a war, it is a celebration of sports. and it is not a team event, so her performance doesnt affect others performance and if found guilty the medals will go elsewhere. America, dont try to fight Russia with your media outlets. Due process is due. and btw, the media makes the world believe the coaches are evil here, and kremlin forced this on. they might have been evil in the past, but i dont think they are retarded. The no 1 side effect of the drug in question is DIZZINESS, so it might work for runners, but certainly not if you want to land a quad... also you dont give it for a week and never before and after. So stop this billshit. and watch her art!

The commentators should've kept their opinions to themselves, not on public TV, they're not judges.

Smells like jealousy and hypocrisy... Why just blame Kamila? She doesn't even know the spelling of trimetazidine... Fishy..

Камила допущена судом до соревнований из-за ошибок допущенных ВАДА. Защищенная персона это только о том, что информация о расследовании не должна была попасть в прессу, а главный подозреваемый это тренер. Олимпийский комитет, до момента пока не будет закончено расследование и Камила не будет оправдана, отложит церемонию награждения. Для гипотетической ситуации если Камила не будет оправдана, квалификацию расширили на одну дополнительную участницу. Это все. Камила с начала карьеры сдавала допинг тесты - все они чисты. Единственный вопрос - как микродоза запрещенного вещества попала в нее в декабре.

If you don’t want to see nobody insist you. Respect the Court decision. And think a little be about your own future, if she results clean you will be under the court with for all your words.

Recall Sergei Grinkov, who won 2 Olympics and died due to a heart attack when wearing skates at the age of 28. About a quarter of myocardial infarctions happen without specific premonitory symptoms. While therapeutic use of prohibited substances is possible - why is disease prevention forbidden?.. I don't say that the prohibition was intentionally violated - I say that the prohibition to prevent severe diseases is unethical. Each organism is unique and may need personalized aproach to disease prevention and treatment.

I have some predictions for her 💜🙏

A good sportsman should not speak Ill of others regarding other athletes. Be graceful. These are adults and they should be more compassionate. Rippon is a hater and unsportsmanlike.

She kari Richardson did not have the funds to pay off the IOC !

Kamila 200X better compared with Tara Kristie Michelle and Mariah. Completely jealousy from Tara L

Valieva's performance will stay on RU-vid as a piece of great art forever. Many thanks to RU-vid and Olympics. No matter what other personalities say. It really doesn't matter.

Sha'Carri Richardson!

Stop bullying child!!!

So much jealous you have people in your comments... She is brilliant 💯

who cares what they say? she is a genious, this is all political....

Kristi Yamaguchi!!!! My favorite Olympic Skater ever !!! And thank you all of you for speaking up against Kamila. I used to figure skate, and even competeing as a kid was tough enough! Now it's an unlevel skating rink. I'm tired of seeing comments that she is so great and pure!!

Racism on the part of the Americans prevented the authorities from defending the sprinter--even when the substance was NOT banned. I signed a petition to get the sprinter reinstated, but that should have been the coaches' task.

I believe it was her country that pushed any illegal substances on her should it be determined that she did in fact have said substances in her system or was it really for a “heart condition”

Johnny looks terrific, what style, love Johnny.

Hello, please use your brain and common sense to think it over instead of following the narrative of the media which is a known professional liar. Does this girl need take any drug to enhance her natural talent, beauty and grace to skate as she did time after time? Why Russia was always targeted while doping is no stranger to American and other western athletes and never penalized as they did to Russia 🇷🇺? Remember, US boycotted Moscow Olympic in 1980 for its invasion of Afghanistan and itself invaded the same country 20 years later. No credibility there.

Pravda (the truth). What a laugh. I feel sorry for the skater she bumped who would have otherwise gone to the games. Looks like her pro career (ice shows) won’t get off the ground in the west. Shows over. Bad feeling all around.

If Kamala Valieva had a Legitimate Medical and Prescribed Reason to take the Medication I fail to see what the problem is.

Keep her and her coach out of the U.S. Sadly we have enough minors who are on drugs trying to do and be better. She can skate in her country for Putin.

Should of disqualified

Funny how Americans are acting very selfishly against Kamila because she’s the best figure skater on the planet

Oh come on. There is no way any of the other skaters could skate like she does even if they took the same medication. She is obviously the best skater out there and has incredible talent and ability. They sound petty and jealous. This is a 15 year old girl.

They are envy.

Icarus Take Two

In defense of Kamila Valieva and all Russian talented, hardworking athletes. Can not forgive beautiful Sochi performance? Fabricated doping scandal , keep playing without the rules: banning / not inviting without explanation, no national attributes. But our athletes keep winning, generations changed, but you never admit your wrong doing. This time you went too far by desire to keep your fabricated story alive. You set up and tortured a child. Hopefully she is not irreversibly psychologically, motivationally damaged, and still will believe in humanity and fair play after all of this. Bless you, Kamila!!! WADA, IOC, ISU bureaucrats and other involved in this set up hunt: you are evil, cruel, inhumane rascals and mediocracies. SHAME!!!!!

Why all those athletes look like men who like other men?

Clean sport and an even playing field not at this Olympics, Russians were banned for a reason now it’s time to ban the ROC too, cheaters should not benefit. No medal ceremony for those women who worked their butt off to get there is disgraceful, shame on the IOC putting them in this position what about the rest of them who tested clean don’t they matter, disgusting to put her needs first and let the rest suffer over this.

Fairweather friends

It doesn’t matter if she doesn’t test positive at the Olympics, you have to look at it long-term if she was taking this drug to help her performance how many times was she able to practice longer and harder than her competitors how many more extra hours of perfecting her jumps did she get over clean competitors? And I understand she’s 15 and our emotional standpoint I feel bad for this woman, however it’s not fair to the rest of the competitors she should not be allowed to skate. The adults around her need to face consequences. And I think it’s about time we start taking a look at the Olympic ages. Even in the best of circumstances this is a lot of pressure to put on a 15 or 16 year old kid. Perhaps it’s time to take the age back up to 18 and that way you can hold the competitors accountable for their own actions, and not put this undue pressure on a minor. If a teenager is not mature enough to be held accountable for the actions that they take then they have no place being an adult competition and it’s almost inhumane for us to put them in that position for the spectacle of the show.

Her name is Kamila. Pronounced simply "Ka-mil-a" Not "Kameel-ia".

She is one of the best skaters of all time--regardless of any drug suspicion.

There's evidently much envy and hate against Valieva because she is the best skater in the history and it's almost imposibile for other skaters to raise to her level.

Lol these amateurs who called em olympic skaters champions do not even come close to her skating skill. Feeling inner jealousy their talking trash. I've seen this girls' performances all I could say is she's a talent born once in a decade. She does not any medication to win a gold, she basically has no competition in the world apart from number 2 skater from Russia.