- by foxnews
- 07 Jan 2025
A separate British newspaper journalist who asked Valieva whether she was a doper on Friday has also faced intense criticism from Russian members of parliament and online.
Anger among the Russian public and media also flared up again on Friday when a British journalist asked Valieva, who was found to have the angina drug trimetazidine in her body on a test taken on Christmas Day, whether she had doped and was a cheat.
Svetlana Zhurova, an Olympic speed skating champion and now a deputy of the State Duma in Russia, also criticised the questioner and the western media in general.
A social media user shared an unexpected "seat squatter" story that included a strange turn of events as the traveler allegedly gave up a first-class seat in exchange for a downgrade.
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