Kamila Valieva returned to the ice thanks to Tatyana Navka

Valieva is the first single skater in the history of figure skating to score more than ninety points in the short program, almost two hundred points in the free program, and more than two hundred and seventy points in total at competitions under the auspices of the International Skating Union. She has won medals and titles many times during her career. In January 2024, she was disqualified for four years for doping. After that, coach Eteri Tutberidze excluded Valieva from her ice show, replacing her with Alexandra Trusova. For Kamila, this was a serious blow, because four years is a long time for an athlete, especially in figure skating, where a career is fleeting.

Nevertheless, Vladimir Putin personally expressed his support for the talented athlete, and Tatiana Navka invited her to participate in her ice show "Ruslan and Lyudmila". This became a real salvation for Kamila, who did not want to give up her career. She continued to stay in shape and is grateful to Tatyana Alexandrovna. However, the fact remains - Kamila lost her Olympic team championship, European and Russian championship in jumping. The silver and bronze of the Russian championships, earned in 2022 and 2023, also no longer belong to Valieva. Now she has only three junior titles left, all adult medals were taken away by the decision of CAS. The incident at the Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022, when Valieva was suspected of using a metabolic drug, cost her and the Russian figure skating team dearly, which after the scandal dropped to third place, losing the victory to the USA team.