Kamila Valieva, the favorite to win the most medals in figure skating, tested positive for a banned heart drug before her arrival at the Olympics, Russian daily RBC reported.
Whom?
The Russian figure skater Kamila Valievais the skater who had dazzled the world by conquering the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics team event at the age of 15 and being the first to achieve a quadruple jump in history.
However, now he is back in the news for an alleged case of doping the banned drug Trimetazidine.
His positive result for the banned drug could put gold at risk
The report would put the team gold that Valieva helped secure earlier this week at risk.
The sample would have been obtained in December, when the 15-year-old skater was still in Russia. However, it did not come to light until the athlete had helped her team obtain gold. This, with her spectacular performances in the short program and in the free performance.
Trimetazidine the prohibited drug that he allegedly consumed
According to European Union Medicines Agency (EMA), trimetazidine is a medication used to prevent angina attacks. Which are sudden pains in the chest, jaw and back caused by physical exertion, due to reduced blood flow to the heart.
It is listed on the 2021 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited Substances List under the category of “Hormonal and Metabolic Modulators”. A class of drugs that has been banned by WADA due to evidence that athletes use them to enhance performance.
Other cases…
It is the same drug involved in a positive Russian case in bobsled during the 2018 Olympics, which ended in a settlement. The athletes then accepted an eight-month suspension.
“This is one of the most interesting options that athletes use to increase their performance. A lot of times, people might think that only stimulants or something like that that gets your heart rate up or will speed up your metabolism helps.” Dr. Elizabeth Murray, a pediatric emergency physician at the University of Rochester Medical Center, told CNN’s Early Start program Thursday.
“But what this drug actually does is make the heart work more efficiently. It doesn’t change your blood pressure much, and it doesn’t change your heart rate.
“An athlete won’t be nervous or necessarily feel that different, but in theory they will be able to perform at a higher level for longer. Potentially, he would increase his resistance ».
The most famous cases of its use
The most famous case of trimetazidine doping involves Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, who was given a three-month ban in 2014 after testing positive for the drug.
Banned metabolic modulators have been used by cyclists, weightlifters, boxers, wrestlers, skiers, and other athletes from dozens of countries, including Russia, Poland, Colombia, Belgium, and Germany.
According to Dr. Murray, trimetazidine would not normally be given to children “unless there is a very good reason.”
Possible adverse effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them, such as:
Fast or irregular heartbeat (also called palpitations), extra heartbeats, fast heartbeat, drop in blood pressure when standing up causing dizziness, lightheadedness or fainting, malaise (usually feeling unwell), dizziness, falls, flushing.
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