Winter Olympics: Threats to the lives of journalists who revealed that 15-year-old Russian skater failed drug test | Israel today

British journalists Duncan McKay and Michael Powitt, who revealed that Russian skater Camila and Aliba had failed a drug test, complained that since the affair began, they have been receiving threats on their lives and verbal abuse on social media. 

The two, writing on the popular Olympic site Inside the Games, were warned by Russians to "test their tea" - a hint of polonium poisoning. 

On August 20, 2020, Russian politician and social activist Alexei Navlani was hospitalized at an Omsk hospital, where he was allegedly poisoned with polonium.

Navalny, known for his opposition to President Putin's regime, was poisoned with tea he drank during a flight. 

Pawitt also said that the duo had been abused by the networks and also confronted Russian journalists in the media area of ​​Beijing.

Another reporter told Makai: "Be positive when you discover some new ingredients in your tea."

The journalist replied that he did not drink tea and refrained from staying at the Millennium Hotel in London where he was poisoned by Alexander Litvinenko, an intelligence agent who opposed the Russian regime and was murdered in Britain. 

If that's not enough, another British journalist asked Valieva if she was cheating after being diagnosed as positive for trimethasidine on February 8 - the day after she won gold in the team competition - a urine sample taken on December 25. 

Although the skater refused to answer, the journalist was later attacked by Russian reporters and she later claimed that she was told that "she will be torn to pieces!".

Meanwhile, Russian figure skater and Aliba will find out on Monday whether she can skate in a competition that starts the next day.

The Sports Arbitration Court announced today (Saturday) that the speedy hearing in the Aliyeva drug case will take place on Sunday night in Beijing, with the ruling to be handed down by Monday afternoon. 

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