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World News See other World News Articles Title: Kamila Valieva – the World’s Ice Angel When we were children in Canada we enjoyed making what we called “snow angels”, the impressions made by lying on one’s back in fresh snow and swishing the arms up and down, leaving a pretty caricature of an angel’s wings. Today we have ‘ice angels’, the exceptionally talented young figure skaters exemplified and even personified by the most angelic of all – Russia’s Kamila Valieva. Skating in the Olympics is something Kamila Valieva has dreamt of all her life. “When I was little, I kept saying all the time: ‘All I want is to be the Olympic champion, I want to be the Olympic champion.’ I was probably four years old then,” Kamila said. [A1] And she was truly born for this, gifted with astonishing talent. In an article in BILD, the former German Olympic figure-skating champion Katerina Witt, [A2] said, “Kamila Valieva this young girl and child prodigy, who is enchanting the whole world with her sportiness and grace . . . Kamila is still for me, as a radiant comet shot into the orbit of the international skating world and I wish she has come to stay. With her quadruple jumps, she already shows maximum sporting difficulties that leave you dizzy.” Bildquelle DDP TASS Bildquelle DDP TASS The German publication Sportschau wrote, [A3] “Valieva is musicality, emotionality, fantastic pirouettes, great edges, quadruple jumps, technique . . .” The news channel France 24 wrote [A4] “Kamila Valieva is a young figure-skating prodigy.” Another article called her “A prima ballerina on blades, . . . with fast-whirring quadruple jumps and artistry so elegant that she radiated maturity.” In an article in the German Welt.de, [A5] ARD expert Daniel Weiss said “Kamila Valieva enchants an entire scene. The 15-year-old Russian is considered a talent of the century in figure skating. At the age of 15, she already has an amazing maturity . . . At the past Olympic Games, we saw interchangeable female athletes that no one mentions anymore. Kamila is different.” In an interview with the Russian’s TV Channel One, [A6] American journalist Jackie Wong. “She’s one of the most talented skaters to pop up in the last 5 to 10 years, she’s doing amazing things, she’s writing the history of figure skating.” The UK Guardian wrote that Kamila [has] a talent that many think makes her the best female skater in history. [A7] Again, “The 15-year-old Valieva . . . is the latest in a string of Russian teenage figure skating prodigies who have transformed the sport in recent years with an arsenal of spectacularly athletic jumps that put them leaps and bounds above the rest of the world. [A8] The Spanish news channel wrote, [A9] For the first time in an Olympic final, a woman managed to crown herself with a figure that gave the 10 directly and, therefore, the gold to her and her companions. Valieva dazzled by being the only woman to perform a quadruple jump. When Kamila Valieva landed after the last quadruple jump in the final of figure skating teams, the whole Russian team exploded with joy.” RT News wrote [A10] that “She could light up the Games with another supernaturally gifted performance . . .” The German publication ZDF, [A11] wrote, ” The young figure skater Kamila Walijewa seems to be able to do everything on the ice. She is a ballerina, flexible, light and elegant that any Russian ballet school would be proud of. Their skating technique is flawless, their jumps are unique. With ease and incredibly fast turns, she landed the Toeloop and Salchow four times in her freestyle in the Olympic team competition . . . The world press was full of praise for the 15-year-old talent of the century – and Valiyeva is undoubtedly one of them.” In her Olympic debut, for her solo program, Kamila had a score of 90.18, 25 points more than the second place, and in her free skate session she scored 178.92, 30 points more than second place. [A12] Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Ada (#0)
USA media has been screaming non-stop, "The rules must be followed." Of course, not one peep from the USA media, that "In accordance with international standards for laboratories of the World Anti-Doping Agency , (WADA made in USA) the deadline for an A Sample is 20 days from the moment the sample was received in the laboratory." However, the results were 25 days late. It is not Kamila Valieva fault that WADA failed to meet the deadline. If WADA is going to hold athletes to such exacting standards, they should be held to the same standards and rule the test invalid. Of course, they could order her to provide another sample. The rules will never be applied fairly because WADA (made in USA) will now allow it. American athletes are give pass and the testing methods are far less sensitive when testing American athletes then when testing Chinese and Russian athletes.
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