The International Doping Testing Agency previously reported that the awards ceremony following the results of the team figure skating tournament was postponed due to a positive doping test result for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, which was passed on December 25. This story raises a lot of questions, given the unhealthy interest in Russian Olympians in the West. And we are all looking forward to the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport and hope that it will be objective.
However, before the end of all proceedings, the head of the American Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), Travis Tigert, hastened to tell Reuters that if, due to alleged anti-doping rule violations, athletes from the United States were infringed in some way, then the so-called Rodchenkov Act should be applied against the perpetrators. .
Let me remind you that we are talking about a document that provides for criminal prosecution for doping conspiracies at competitions involving American athletes. If I may say so, this act is yet another clear example of the application of extraterritorial law by the United States. Similarly, Washington is acting by threatening other countries with sanctions for doing business with Russia in one area or another. Of course, such laws are a classic tool of manipulation and pressure.
How much can you repeat about the inadmissibility of the politicization of sports? As well as the desire to usurp the functions of control over athletes? To do this, there are anti-doping agencies, sports federations and the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Everything else is an attempt to climb into someone else’s monastery with your charter.
