[theqoo] "I TESTED POSITIVE FOR DOPING" ... SOTNIKOVA WHO STOLE KIM YUNA'S GOLD MEDAL CONFESSES

Former figure skater Adelina Sotnikova (27, Russia) made waves when she revealed that she had been tested positive for doping during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi (Russia). At the time, Sotnikova won the gold medal by beating Yuna Kim after a controversy over judging.

Sotnikova appeared on Lilia Abramova's YouTube channel in Russia on the 6th (Korean time) and confessed, "I tested positive in a doping test in 2014." [...]

“So I had to do a second test, and the second sample showed no problems,” says Sotnikova. In the end, I was not penalized,” she explained. However, as it is possible to be suspected of drug administration just by being positive in a doping test, her remarks are causing a big wave.

Moreover, Sotnikova was also suspected of doping in 2016. It was the process by which the International Olympic Committee (IOC) investigated the systematic drug use in Russia. At the time, it was known that Sotnikova's urine sample was destroyed in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WDADA) doping sample list data.

After Sotnikova's surprise confession, [...] Alexander Cogan, secretary general of the Russian Figure Stating Federation, said in an interview with local media, "This is the first time I've heard of it. It is not true,” he said while denying.

However, the Olympic gold medalist's confession of being positive has already spread through foreign media and is becoming worldwide. Even Russia's national media, Sport Express, said, "Sotnikova, who gave Russia its first ever gold medal in this event, admitted that she tested positive in a doping test in 2014."