BEIJING : Russia may need an Olympic"timeout" as doping issues resurface after figure skating prodigy Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance at the Beijing Winter Games, senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound said.
However, the International Testing Agency said she tested positive for banned heart drug Trimetazidine in a urine sample collected by Russian authorities on Dec. 25. "At a certain point if they are absolutely incorrigible you end up with the position of take a country timeout," said Pound in a phone interview from Florida."We could say we can help you. You got a problem. We can concentrate on it. Take a time out for one or two, or three Olympic Games until you get this under control."
"I think the approach probably has been too lenient to allow them to compete as the Russian Olympic Committee."
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