Fans of Russian figure skater Camilla Balieva (16, Russian Olympic Committee), who caused a doping scandal, are attacking Kim Yuna's SNS with malicious comments.
This is because Kim Yu-na gave a tip saying, "Athletes who violate doping rules cannot participate in the competition."
On the 14th, Yuna Kim posted on her Instagram in English, "Athletes who violate doping rules cannot compete, and there should be no exceptions to this principle.
Every athlete's hard work and dreams are equally precious,' she wrote.
Although she did not directly point out Balieva, it is interpreted that the article was written shortly after the International Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) allowed her to participate in the Olympics despite the presence of a banned substance, which is interpreted as a de facto criticism of it.
At the Sochi Winter Olympics 8 years ago, after a controversy over the decision, Yuna Kim gave the gold medal to Adelina Sotnikova (Russia), but did not comment on the decision at the time.
However, Baliyeva's fans continue to flock to her SNS and continue to post comments attacking her.
These are in Russian and English: "Are you jealous", "Balieva is a girl who is only 15 years old yet. She does not do drugs", "Camila was beaten by Olympic politics", "Russian figure skater is the best" ", etc., have been criticized.
In response to the malicious comments from Balieva fans, other netizens said, "What do you know about doping testing? Does it make sense to say that there are exceptions to doping?", "If Balieva is a really great athlete, she should have performed without doping", "Kim Yuna criticized the player It's not about doing it, it's about blaming the coaches for making it happen."
In addition to trimetazidine, a banned substance, Hypoxen and L-carnitine were also detected in a urine sample taken in December of last year from Balieva.
Baliyeva said the doping controversy was caused by sharing a glass of water with his grandfather, claiming that the urine sample was contaminated with heart medication his grandfather was taking.
Experts countered Balieva's claim as absurd.
Travis Tigert, President of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), said, "The concentration of trimetazidine detected in Balieva's urine sample was analyzed to be 2.1 ng (nanogram) per mL. The possibility of Baliyeva's claim that it was because she shared a glass of water with her grandfather, saying it was a possible shame, is slim," he emphasized.
"Obviously someone taught or guided and led Balieva to take these drugs. It could be someone who provided financial support to them," he said. will," he said.