Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has given a public vote of confidence to the coach accused of ‘chilling’ mistreatment of her at the Winter Olympics.
Thomas Bach, all-powerful president of the International Olympic Committee, hit out at the “tremendous coldness” shown by the 15-year old’s entourage after the pressure of performing with a failed drugs test hanging over her proved too much in Beijing.
But Valieva, now back in Moscow, defended controversial coach Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze on social media.
