By kraken99 on Skatehive
Kamila Valieva again A few months ago I wrote a post talking about Kamila Valieva. At that time I introduced Kamila and the decision of the International Skating Federation to raise the minimum age to be able to compete in the adult category in skating. The link to the post is here if you want to read it. This decision was "supposedly" taken in order to protect the younger skaters, as we saw Valieva fall up to three times and end up in tears at the end of the competition; supposedly because of the pressure she was under. The first woman to do a quadruple jump at the Olympics, which is no small feat at her young age, the Russian is undoubtedly a gem in the making. Source However, no matter how good you are at sport, doping can end your career in a second and you can go from being acclaimed by thousands to being hated in the blink of an eye. Nobody wants to follow cheaters, or have them as idols, we saw it in the case of Lance Armstrong, who went from being an example of overcoming to be