The coach did not just fail Valieva. The gold medalist Sherbakova, was left sitting alone. The only hug or congratulations she received was from the wonderful Japanese bronze medalist.

after she saw that she was fourth, she said "but the ceremony will not be canceled now" and began to sob, it's so heartbreaking and it breaks my heart

The amount of pressure that was put upon the kid is frightening. I hope the Olympic games turn into a fun and exciting event for athletes and their supporters with no other tears but the tears of joy. Great respect for the athletes who put their mental health and well-being first.

She's 15 I feel so sorry for her. The years of hard work put in early morning and constant dieting destroyed by the gread of old people that use them for medals

Those coaches were absolutely awful to not only Kamila but her teammates too. Sherbakova won first palace and was left standing alone, with none of her coaches congratulating her. It was quite evident that her accomplishments meant nothing to them. In her moment of of fame she was basically told that she was undeserving because her teammate was supposed to have won. All of those girls are young, and they all deserve adults around them that are supportive and safe. Having Kamila compete should never have happened. Not only for her but for all of the athletes who were there to compete clean. It was much harder on Kamila's mental health, then having her sit out due to the doping scandal. In the end she is a child, and her entourage failed her. I hope those coaches are banned, and that there are consequences for them for the abuse and neglect they committed.

Adults, please do not hide behind this little girl. We need to respect every passion of all sportsmen equally.

"Now they won't cancel the figure skater awards ceremony." Here's what Kamila said to her coaches.

Kamila needs to be protected, period. She's just a child. I have seen almost every video of her on KZfaq when she's practicing, being interviewed in more relaxed ways, dancing, speaking to Putin in a zoom call infront of the whole Russian olympic team and all I can say is that she is so sweet and determined. You can see it in her eyes she has a gentle soul, a good heart and truly is passionate about her sport. I mean, it's unbelievable to see what she is capable of doing. She could be the worlds best ballerina too if she wanted. Sadly, the same thing can't be said about that female coach of hers. If you actually do a bit of a research she's basically raising young girls, pre puberty to become insanely good. When they hit puberty and their bodies break down because of a training method not based on muscles but on weight, she basically throw them off at nearest garbage/landfill station. This happened with both Olympic champ Zagitova and silver medalist/world champion Medvedeva. I am absolutely full of admiration for all these Russian girls; Valieva, Tursova, Zagitova, Medvedeva, Shcherbakova. They deserve all the support they can get because what they have been doing during their careers is just simply breathtaking. I honestly don't think people understand how hard they train and the emotional ups and downs they go through. They are all warrior princesse's

To be frank, I would use those same words to describe the IOC's actions vis-a-vis Peng Shuai... "rather than trying to help her"... Those same words. There's something very rotten in the Olympic Movement. I am not following a single event in these winter olympics. Too many things that happened and are happening are degrading and totally against the spirit proclaimed in the opening ceremonies of these events.

The IOC and Olympics are such a sham. The Olympic oath that the athletes recite is worth no more than a photo op.

Just want to let people know this. Kamila says “But now the medal ceremony wont be canceled.” Then she break down and cried her heart out. Real heartbreaking 💔

She not crying for a medal, she's disappointed for herself, this is the point, she knows what hard work she has done so far, the performance so good required only the perfection, and she loves give the best, warm wishes to you, little swan

The coach's reaction and the entourage's attitude are hard to qualify. Figure skating is the expression of the beauty and senitivity ,of the grace and fair play of the people who practise it. . This tough,heartless attitude has destroyed Valieva for ever,I am afraid ! I am so sorry for the poor girl ! She didn't deserve this !

So sad. I feel so sorry for the girl.

What sucks is she will be remembered for this not unless those around her will be found guilty and if they are than people will truly know who is at fault for the banned drugs in her system

1. They should have informed her about the test results timely, not after she won gold. 2. They should have never made her name public as she is “protected” person and they had no right to do so. 3. They should have protected her from evil media who did nothing but backlashed her every step. 4. When they knew she was competing they said if she wins no medal ceremony Now he is sorry how her coach spoke to her after the skate ?????! Hippocrates

I suppose this was the first time Thomas Bach had been watching a skating competition within 10 years.

Bach created that situation, the coach caused it though. And Kamila was the victim of it all

What amazing care! First to do everything to crush a kid and then to worry how she was treated. Well done, guys 👍 Journalists, great job, you did your best to add fuel to the fire. I’d rather see him commenting on how mass media bullied a girl whose guilt has not been proven. Maybe it’s high time to stop this wave of hate and cruelty and be kinder to each other?

In our, so called; 'advanced civilisation', we have placed number one as the most important goal and position in society. If you are second or third it is irrelevant. No one remembers second or third, only first place matters. We may as well get rid of the silver and bronze medal. The No1 Status is all. Never mind the fact that you are only as good as the people you compete with. You can't come first in anything without others being in the competition. A hero is only as good as how bad the enemy is. Batman is only needed because of the Joker.

The coaches should be held accountable not the athlete

This was a travesty to put her thru that. She should have never been able to compete. This has probably done irreparable damage to the 15 year old. I actually wept.

We have completely lost our conscience!!!! A child was bullied! Now the coach is accused of coldness. You are the heartless ones. Hypocrites

This is a very bad example. It tells the doping party that you can do it with the underage athletes and get away with it. What a shame!

What utter hypocrisy. The IOC produces a product entirely based on extreme pressure. They allow children to compete in that environment. The video shows her being supported by her coach. The reported comment is understandable in disappointment of the moment and probably normal in the pressure situation created by the IOC and elite sport.

This guy is such a jerk... He is blaming Tutberidze, though he did everything to destroy this girl.

You don't like the fact that Russia is invincible in this sport. That's why you lured Camille into a trap first. If she had won, you would have done everything to take away her medals and the title of champion. But since she lost, it has become irrelevant. So now you've decided to impress the coach. And all this under the guise of caring and responsive people. Hands off our girls and their coach. They are angels..

Really, all this because she didn’t hug her? We are missing the point for sure

He only trying put responsibility for this situation on the coach. But it's not his business- to comment how gentle or warm the coach is.

It's so annoying how I can't find a video of the fall anywhere.

Why of bach conmenting .he should be impartial. He just made it ten times worse for her

This Olympic is catastrophe!!

I feel terrible for her, she was used by her coaches for their own benefit and as a result they destroyed her career and probably her future. They got her labeled as a cheat and made her a pariah. This was a pre-planned all too predictable tragedy from self-absorbed individuals trying to hedge their bets because they didn't believe in the athlete, they were training. She's got what it takes, they don't, and they not only let her down but added to her humiliation by shunning her.

I don't think anyone under 18 should be competing, it's fucked for the kids

Poor Kamila. It was heartbreaking to watch her last performance. It's clear that she was told to sacrifice herself as she will not be merited with a medal if she gets podium anyway so the Russians prefer to have 2 than none.

Whatever draws away attention from the IOC's own corruption.

It was chilling! But Mr. Bach needed to explain why she was allowed to compete again? May God comfort this poor girl!

I which i could give her a hug i ask the world to pray for her strength and family are not allowed at this Olympics so it's very hard on the child.

What's surprising is that ANYONE was surprised. REALLY?? The most cut throat coach on earth who calls her camp a "factory" is not going to comfort this athlete.

Bach, are you ok? Sometimes it is better to keep silence if you are a real manager.

Kamila The Brave Amazing display of courage from someone in an impossible situation. Love and respect to you from the United Kingdom, you did not cry alone. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

i think people forget a lot of these athletes are still children. this is so sad

I think the Russian coach's like the role of being the kingmaker or queenmaker, in this case, more than they care about the athletes themselves. The coach Tutberidze said in previous interviews that they are running an assembly line to make champions and it's easier to motivate young girls. There is always someone else to take the current skater's place.

Child abuse is what the Russian coach is doing.

Wow, they checked every possible box when it comes to emotional and mental manipulation (trauma).

“Chilling” is how most describe normal Russian interaction. Nothing out of the ordinary here

Kamila Valieva is amazing! She is the best!.

Anyone consider she lost on purpose because she knew what was happening with her and others? If not on purpose but subconsciously and therefore crying from grief?

There is so much hypocrisy in this man - Thomas Bach, he is not given to understand that not everyone works on camera. Kamila thanked her coaches for their support after returning to Russia in the Instagram.

_what_ is the deal? I cannot find the footage they (all the channels) describe. Let's see the damn footage!

Pray for this child.

I find the fact that China gets to host the Olympics chilling and disturbing.

On the contrary, I think challenging the athlete on why she had given up showed the athlete that her coach didn’t give up on her so neither should she. Looking ashen faced and saying “It’s ok we understand” might provide comfort at the moment but would it be better for her spirit in the long run to get back up? To those who are complaining about the harshness, do you really care if Kamila can get back up? The coach’s question wasn’t that outrageous. One could argue if the strategy and timing are right or wrong, but I don’t feel it’s full of malice like some are suggesting.

I feel so sad for this girl

When BBC discuss the British athlete Ujah who also caught doping?

The timing of this is highly suspicious.. The disputed test sample was taken in December…. And the lifting of ROC restrictions are to be reviewed next month. 🤔

Everything is turned upside down. Tutberidze is a close person for Camilla, she hugged and comforted the athlete, it was evident when the results of the performance were announced. And WADA and the IOC mocked her when they conducted daily interrogations before the competition.

The Russian athlete has never taken doping, not a single commission has proven this. The decision was not based on facts, but on theory... these are fantasies... on the basis of which honestly earned awards were specially selected. Political games. And now the United States will sit with other people’s medals, look at them and understand that it will never deserve these!!! That these are other people's medals!!! Is this a sport in the USA where you get awards by taking them away from other athletes? Ugh, how shameful this is!

Positive is Positive. Go home.

The 4 important things we should pay attention in this Camila case are as follows. 1. In this season, during 4 months from the 2nd Grand Prix Skate Canada (Oct.29.2021) to Olympic, Camila's doping test results were all clean at 4 international competitions. 2. Only one doping test result for Russian national competition was more than 200 times polluted. 3. Why RUSADA requested doping test for domestic competition to Sweden and what was the reason such long time (6 weeks) needed for test & result publication? 4, Under the above situation, was IOC's action against Camila appropriate? Regarding 1 and 2, Camila was on the way of breaking new records during that period, so if she intentionally used drug to improve her performance, it was impossible unless she continuously used it, Therefore it is medically impossible to explain. And she has been negative at both the Euro Champ and the Olympics after Dec. 25, but she made an Olympic records again at team tournament. For 3, there are two possibilities. One possibility is that the Swedish lab made a technical error, and the other is that RUSADA got involved in a Russian internal dark fight and deliberately tried to swap samples to kill Camila and Etheri. It is up to you to decide which possibility is higher. What I'm going to focus on is about 4. Under situation of lack of convincing evidence and Camila's unacceptance of intentional doping, the IOC sued to CAS to disqualify her. However, the CAS dismissed the IOC's indict on the grounds that Camila was a child under the age of 16 and the principle of presumption of innocence, allowed her to compete in the individual competitions. This means not just let her go out on the ice, but let her normally can compete. So IOC should have announced that IOC would normally award medals for the results of the competition, but medal and record could be deprived if Camila's intentional doping definitely found out. However, IOC put tons of pressure on Camila with a shocking decision that "If Camilla is in the top three, the awards ceremony will be cancelled.", Eventually, this IOC's brutal threat forced her to step down herself from the podium. Furthermore this made it impossible to watch Camila's performance in full of heavenly and mysterious beauty, which all figure skating fans around the world wanted to see. And it could have been the greatest performance of her life. (I pray fervently to God that it won't be!) Camila is not only treasure of Russia but joy of all Figure skating fans around world who pursue perfect beauty! The IOC should kneel down and beg for forgiveness to her and to all figure skating fans around the world and take all responsibility!

Man, that really stinks for Kamila. It's bad enough that she basically became the unwitting villain of the competition, due to what her winning it would've meant for everyone else involved, but what makes it even worse is that she has freakin' Ludmilla Drago as her coach.

On February 14, 2022, the CAS sports court rejected the appeals of the IOC, WADA and ISU and allowed Kamila Valieva to compete at the 2022 Olympics[22]. However, the investigation of this case is not completed and will continue after the Olympic Games. The CAS Court, in its decision on the admission of Valieva, pointed to a violation of the WADA Code by the WADA laboratory regarding the 20-day deadline for submitting doping test results. In this regard, Valieva was deprived of the opportunity to prepare data in her defense. The Court also took into account the absence of a positive test sample during the Olympics itself and the fact that Valieva is a minor and therefore belongs to “protected persons”.

Tutberidze was with Trusova who was having hysteria at that moment about silver medal)

Leave the poor girl alone..... She's 15 ffs!

The thing is, Kamila’s fall was faked. It was all planned, as well as Tuberitze’s fake anger towards her. There is no way that a talented skater like Kamila, who has been performing perfectly all season, had that many falls, under whatever circumstances. She was sacrificed so that Russia can get a gold medal on spot, whatever the ramification of the doping scandal will become. Sasha’s outbreak and crying at Tuberitze “you knew it all” tells it. If you don’t like your score, you argue with the judge, not your coach. She was mad at Tuberitze for planning this behind her back and she was basically “arranged” a silver medal. Also it is observed that in the free program Valieva didn’t jump high enough for her quads, as if she feared that it could be too good.

Kindly add subtitles easy to understand

Well, Chilling is the greatest feeling.

Figure skating has become a disgrace.

Oh, I see where it's going. Next time when all the probes are clean, they won't let russian skaters to participate in Olympics 'cause of their coaches aren't so supportive 😁 God gracious, all she said is "why did you give up?"

Here's an idea, and I know its quite out there, but... Why not stop putting CHILDREN in these high pressure, big money, adult environments?

How the hell would doping effect a 15 year old figure skater?

i think it should be possible to ban coaches and other members of a team who would be responsible for what 'medications' an athlete takes

Kamila wrote on social media bout her coach : Eteri Tutberidze You are absolute masters in your field! And you not only train, but also teach to overcome yourself, which helps not only in sports, but also in life. With you by my side, I feel protected and able to pass any test. Thank you for helping me to be strong.

Спасибо всем неравнодушным людям. Но проблема Камилы Валиевой в том, что она русская. А все русские и Россия для вас благодаря вашим лживым СМИ абсолютное зло.

I do not agree. As a coach you coach to fight. She said it gently and confort her as well. So sorry.. There is nothing wrong there. She indeed stopped fighting. Another girl might have reacted worst or the opposite. This means, within the same situation you can handle things differently. These girls go the the Olympics because they are trained to fight and handle high stress and pressure.

They should Not have allowed her to compete. Wrong judgement.

The Olympics need a minimum age requirement

I suspect this thing is being overblown because of the tensions between certain countries that I won’t name. 10 year olds used to work in English coal mines over a hundred years ago and today there are still many kids working in treacherous conditions all over the world. A coach asking an Olympic gold medal contender why they stopped fighting is what a coach should do and is definitely not cruelty. It seems everyone has become a wimp these days!

It's become a children's competition, not ladies.

These are kids. Treat them like it.

The girl is 15. Her 'minders' must be charged with NEGLIGENCE at the very least. 👮‍♀👮‍♂⚖ M 🦘🏏😎

All i have to say is this is just normal for them….there’s literally KZfaq videos all over about this camp/team dated back years explaining how extreme that place is…..that is why these ladies are as good as they are! They are hardcore military style trained skaters….I’m not saying it’s right or wrong but i think it’s the answer to why they have swept the world. Like I’m not in shock whatsoever

Olympic committee should’ve clear competitors before start of the games.

She shouldn’t have been allowed to compete.

She’s still young, she’s very talented but she needs to play fair and clean. It’s the Olympics, it’s the rules. Her coach shouldn’t have said that to her tho. That’s like kicking someone when they are already down. “Why did you stop fighting?” Her coach said. But if she did her best, it would only be looked at as the drugs helping her (in my opinion) not her true talent. I do believe she’s talented but again, she’s still so young. She has a big future in front of her. I hope she doesn’t let this get to her too much. There’s always next time. Even the best skaters have made tons of mistakes. That’s how you learn

Society likes to wrongly blame people. It's always been like this. When a student gets a perfect score on an exam or gets a gold medal, everyone likes to just attribute it to the student (although the teacher influenced/ inspired/ pushed the student to their full potential); when a student fails, everyone likes to blame the teacher. A wise person will say, "If a student wants to bask in the glory and rewards of competition that countless underprivileged students cannot, the student must withstand the pressure. Otherwise, give the opportunity to students that are poor and have the drive and will to fight for the opportunity."

poor girl

Man is it just me but that girl looks like she was forced to throw in the towel.

The world does not look on genius kindly. Kamila, you have supporters.

Her coach with the pharmacy Blond hair was aware of it all along ! Coach and all adults Around her should be held Accountable . She Never Trust Anyone AGAIN! She will go Solo!

This year Olympics games was the worst one never

Well that speaks to the nature of the human spirit, there are two type of people in this world those who's life servers as a warning and those as an example, I would presume that her violent , vicious and brutal critics when tested by the passing of time stands incomparable if measured by the same standard.

...and now Zhulin reacting with his open letter basically saying that Eteri is such a great coach and that they should revise the list od banned substances, I think after this FS will lose many fans as it happened with in other sports like cycling

This could be the worst thread of comments I’ve seen in addition to the trolling. The worst of KZfaq is in display. As for the story itself. The you g girl should not be treated like that, I agree. Shameful conduct.

She is 15. No need to harass a child

Bach and the IOC are the ones at fault

She should never have been allowed to compete,

The sport of figure skating is forever marred. When coaches perfer medals over skaters there is a major problem with the sport. When doping their bodies to win becomes more important than their health and long term well being then they have failed the sport at every level.

Thos. Bach should just image blend a picture of Eteri to one of Ian Fleming's Oddjob if he has to demonstrate his cruel promotion of a preposterous stereotype, 'cause that's what he's du'un.

After all that careful doping and she still lost. Her coaches and handlers must have been quite irate.